What issue are you passionate about? Is it pollution? Minority rights? The war? The draft? GMOs? Deforestation? The Green movement? Overdevelopment? Landfills? Genetic engineering? Cloning? Now, you get a chance to make your voice heard. In this project, you will write a five-paragraph PSA (public service announcement) to draw attention to an important issue. A PSA is an advertisement featured on television, radio, or print. It is intended to benefit the public interest, by raising awareness of an issue, altering attitudes, and potentially stimulating people to take action.

Question

anonymous · Answer

I'd go for education rights in Africa.

anonymous · Answer

While the most common PSAs are about health or safety, we will be limiting ourselves to topics we covered.


Choose one issue from the list below and write a PSA about it.:

• pollution

• land conservation

• land conservation

• minority rights

• the war

• genetically modified foods

• deforestation

• the Green movement

• the Women’s Movement

• overdevelopment

• sustainable development


Your PSA should be suitable to be broadcast on radio or television, so use language that is upbeat and appropriate for the general public.


Follow these general guidelines:

• Use short upbeat sentences and a conversational tone.

• Tell how your information can help the listener.

• Call the listener to action.

• Tell the listener exactly where to go or what to do to meet the call to action.

• Tell the listener to contact you for more information.

• Include your contact information but don’t give your personal contact information; make up a phone number or mailing address.

anonymous · Answer

I chose genetically modified foods.

anonymous · Answer

Can somebody please explain this to me better? I have some information, I'm just not sure how to put it to use. Especially since it's not a normal essay.