Based on past class discussions and readings about explainers you will submit a 350- 500 word piece of explanatory reporting on the
best way citizens can comment on UDOT’s Environmental Impact Statement for the I-15 expansion. Watch the YouTube video and
find a way to use that info to explain in clear and easy to understand language:
- What the EIS is?
AND - What’s the best way to comment?
The video talks about EIS process in general but you should connect it to the west-side expansion project to make it more
meaningful and provide more details. You may want to brush up on the issue from articles like this one from the Dnews
(https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/7/5/23762468/growing-pains-what-the-i-15-expansion-will-mean-for-utah) or this one from the Salt
Lake City Weekly (https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/gov-cox-says-i-15-must-be-expanded-but-hed-love-not-to/Content?oid=19958086) .
Make your writing clear, conversational and concise.
You will be specifically graded on:
Communicating accurate information 20 points
Communicating it in an easy to understand way (imagine you are explaining it to your mother or a grandparent if that helps). Give
details and examples (even a hypothetical example) if you can, to make it real for the reader. 20 points
Don’t use jargon. Instead of using a big word, or a technical word translate it into as many smaller, common words as necessary. 20
points
Keeping the tone conversational. 20 points
Submitting a recording of yourself reading your draft out loud before submitting it. 20 points
