Magazine Stories

 Research your topic thoroughly ▪ It will reflect in your writing  Become a temporary expert ▪ Ask questions for clarification ▪ Look things up ▪ Better to appear unknowledgeable ▪ To source not to reader

 Interviewing  Is a part of your research ▪ Observing the persons clothing ▪ Their demeanor ▪ The environment ▪ These all help you to develop your story

 Reference Rooms & Computer Files  News features ▪ May expand on a current news topic/issue ▪ Are often time limited ▪ Reporters usually use ▪ Newspaper computer archive ▪ Newspaper library  To gain knowledge of a topic/issue ▪ Plan ahead so you can research efficiently

 Reference Resources  Magazine organizations may have ▪ Researchers ▪ Often college grads trying to move up ▪ Create vast collections of info and pictures ▪ Back issues ▪ Limited background ▪ Require writers/freelancers to do outside research

 Libraries  Still an excellent source of information ▪ Computer/Internet ▪ Access to expensive databases ▪ Stacks ▪ Huge collection of books ▪ Some rare and not online  What is the Dewey decimal system? ▪ Periodicals ▪ Encyclopedias

 Computerized Research  Who has done research on a computer? ▪ What did you do to find information? ▪ Was it effective? ▪ Is all internet information credible? ▪ Why/Why not

 Wikipedia  Our favorite online encyclopedia ▪ What do you think about it ▪ Is It credible? ▪ Why/Why Not ▪ Can it be used to do research? ▪ What are some advantages ▪ & disadvantages of online research?

 Using Search Engines & Directories  Google, Yahoo, etc ▪ Help to narrow down the focus of research ▪ Do they promise to turn up credible information ▪ Let’s try to find some things online

 Find an article about ▪ Childhood obesity ▪ Video game violence ▪ Homelessness ▪ Global warming ▪ From an academic journal published within the last 2 years ▪ From a newspaper within the last 3 years ▪ From a magazine in the past 2 years

 Decline of Print Journalism  Has caused some papers ▪ To go online only ▪ To shut down completely  TV & Radio impacted print ▪ But not like the internet ▪ Why is the internet different?

 Turing Research  Into the finished article  Use the information gathered to develop a strong story for print and online readers ▪ Lively language ▪ Short repetitive one sentence paragraphs  To emphasize ▪ Use of 1 st person ▪ Speaking to the reader