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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Student's Article Published on<br />

UPI<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2010--05--10<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=273483429<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Beijing. May 10, 2010: A feature article titled ―China should<br />

increase currency flexibility, adviser says‖ was published by UPI‘s website on May<br />

3rd. The article, written by Yi Jie, a junior from the School <strong>of</strong> Journalism and<br />

Communication, was a writing exercise for the <strong>English</strong> <strong>News</strong>-writing class. This was<br />

the first time a <strong>PKU</strong> undergraduate‘s own piece <strong>of</strong> writing has reached millions <strong>of</strong><br />

readers through UPI‘s website, distinguished as the second largest new agency in<br />

the world with over 3 million page views per day. The Executive Chief Editor <strong>of</strong> UPI<br />

congratulated Yi Jie, ―now you have 3,700,000 readers around the world!‖ On<br />

receiving the acceptance <strong>of</strong> her article, Yi was extraordinarily excited, ―It is amazing!<br />

I have never dreamt that my work could make its way to UPI.‖<br />

The student‘s talent was recognized thanks to the innovation in the teaching method<br />

in <strong>English</strong> <strong>News</strong> Writing course provided by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Li Kun. With the cooperation<br />

<strong>of</strong> UPIU (United Press International for Universities), students were given two on-line<br />

lectures on writing news in <strong>English</strong> and were assigned to practice after class. Their<br />

exercises were then uploaded on UPIU.com and received comments from<br />

experienced UPI journalists. Krista Kapralo, one <strong>of</strong> the top journalists in UPI<br />

commented, ―The subject <strong>of</strong> the article is the exchange rate <strong>of</strong> RMB, a pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

issue in economics. The author showed her crafts in weaving the news, the<br />

background and the analysis into an in-depth report‖.<br />

The article named ―A new institution <strong>of</strong> Beijing slum‖ written by Quan Xixi and the<br />

report ―Auto Show: Made in China, sold in China‖ by Yun-Hsien Chang were also<br />

acclaimed by Krista Kapralo.<br />

UPIU is an on-line community for scholars, students and the future media men to<br />

communicate. Registers can upload their articles, pictures, audios or videos on the<br />

website to share their ideas and experiences with students and faculty in media from<br />

all over the world. They also have the opportunity to receive comments from the top<br />

editors in UPI. UPI sometimes selects outstanding pieces for publication.<br />

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