11. Profiles

12. Profiles
An entertaining, informative piece on a person (or occasionally a group)
Depends on how well you can coax the subject into revealing details of their private life
Also should talk with their friends, colleagues, relatives, critics

13. Profiles Get them to tell lots of stories (anecdotes)
The anecdotes make the reader relate to subject
Have strong opening and closing

14. Mas about features
Focus structure/the Wall Street Journal approach

15. Mas about features Focus structure/the Wall Street Journal approach
By focusing on one individual, it makes complex issues and numbers meaningful

16. “A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.”
Joseph Stalin

17. How it looks
Focus on individual > transition to larger issue > report on larger issue > return to opening focus

19. Even more about features
Add foreshadowing

20. Even more about features
Add foreshadowing
Goal is to ensure readers continue reading

21. Even more about features
Add foreshadowing
Goal is to ensure readers continue reading
Can be done in a single sentence or developed during several grafs

22. Bret Hostetler, a 16-year old aspiring actor from Sarasota, knew if he aced the audition, his life would never be the same Like millions of teenagers, Hostetler wants to find success in Hollywood and beyond. According to the Screen Actors Guild…

23. Yes, there’s more! Add the “so-what”
Tell the readers why they should care that about the individual you’re focusing on

24. Yes, there’s more! Add the “so-what”
Tell the readers why they should care that about the individual you’re focusing on
This is the “Impact” from ICNPPIE

25. Yes, there’s more
So if doing a story about migraine headaches: lede with individual’s struggle > foreshadow something in their life that’s changed > talk about how many people have migraines in America > talk about how much this costs America > finish with individual’s problem you foreshadowed (for example: yes, they had to quit their job)

26. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
Why study journalism?

27. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
First Amendment
Most/least media free nations
History of journalism… starting with Luke and through to today’s on-line world

28. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
What is news?
Know your audience
I Can Never Prepare Pancakes In England
Never be dull
Accuracy/fairness/objectivity

29. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
Interviewing
Starts with great notes
Notebook/recorder/computer
Preparation
During interview
On the record/off the record/on background

31. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
Types of interviews
Use of quotes
Attribution

33. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
Inverted pyramid journalism
Five Ws (and an H)

34. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
Ledes

35. Writing great ledes Collect all your facts Sum it up, boil it down
Prioritize the five Ws (and an H)
Rethink, revise, rewrite
Is it clear?
Is it active?
Is it wordy?
Is it compelling?
Is it news??????

36. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
Other types of ledes

37. 13 weeks of journalism: a review
After the lede
Briefs
Brites
Nut graf
Story structure: Martini glass, Kabob, WSJ
Features and profiles

38. Assignment 11/19
Pages 18-27
Would it be a nice day for a quiz?