These last two steps are the final ones before your article goes out into the world to see.

Normally these last two steps are also fairly easy for the journalist as the rough draft goes to an editor who edits it. Then the journalist would fix his or her mistakes and send the article off to be posted.

Although sometimes the journalist may need to take a couple steps back to get a couple more interviews to strengthen the article.

Once published the journalist should also try to publicize their article as much as possible.

I tend to send my articles to family members and friends. While this may sound corny or kind of weird, you have put a lot of time and effort into that article and you should want people to see your work. Plus the article often pertains to their lives,  especially if they live locally.

My school’s newspaper also has a twitter which they post tweets about articles, which I repost to spread the article further to an online audience.

All of these steps are really easy but will pay off, in the long run, giving your article many more views.

What are your tips for the writing the final draft and getting your article out there?

This is the final blog in the How T0 series!

I hoped you enjoyed this series and what should I do next?

I will probably be blogging about some famous journalists in history to blend my love of journalism with my love of history, so stay tuned!

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