RUBRIC FOR EVALUATING NEWS FORECASTING

CATEGORY EXCELLENT (4) VER GOOD (3) GOOD (2) FAIR (1)
Clearly, quickly Established focus by Audience had an idea Little or no intro, such
OPENING AND established the focus of the end of the intro, but of what was coming, that audience did not
INTRODUCTION the presentation, gained went off on a tangent or but the intro did not know the speaker’s
audience attention two. Gained attention. clarify the main focus. main focus.
Main points clearly Presentation jumps
Main points fairly clear; Main points must be
CLARITY AND stated and explained; among random
some missing links or inferred by audience;
ORGANIZATION logical, smooth topics. Main points
transitions. holes are evident.
organization unclear
Evidence clearly
Evidence perhaps not
presented. Thorough, Evidence, Lacks key
quite clearly separated
knowledgeable assumptions, and observations.
from assumptions and
CONTENT interesting, logical.
interpretation of
interpretation difficult Evidence unclear.
Assumptions and to untangle from one Appears largely
evidence, but story is
interpretations clear, and another. opinion-based.
logical.
clearly identified.
Speakers spoke to
Audience could mostly
Audience could see & Audience could see & the screen or mostly
see & hear speakers.
STYLE AND hear speakers clearly. hear speakers clearly; to one person in the
Speakers show some
DELIVERY Effective pauses and most pauses & verbal audience. Poorly
hesitation or
verbal intonation. intonation was effective. timed. Appears to
uncertainty.
have not practiced.
Reasonable images and Some chosen images
Well-selected, well Chosen images and
text, not always well- extraneous to
placed images and text. text marginally useful.
placed. Figures clearly presentation or
VISUAL AIDS Figures clearly support
support ideas marginally support
Too much/little extra
ideas presented without detail. Lack of
presented. May have presentation. Too
extraneous info. connection to topic.
some extra/missing info much/little extra detail.