1. Community Reporters Training Course Session 2 Writing and photography support

2. What have we done so far? What is Community Reporting? Best Practice
Staying safe
Editorial guidelines
Consent
Telling a story
Top tips on stories
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3. Doing it – our session today
Planning and preparation for any medium
Audience
Brief for planning content
Step by step writing a story
Conducting an interview
5 star questions
Illustrating the story – support with photographs and…?
Have a go
Write it up
Review
Your story
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4. Planning and preparation
Initial phase is same for any medium
Know your audience
Use the worksheet as aide memoire
Brief that makes sure you are planning the content
Questions organised?
Consent given?
Where will it be shown?
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5. Writing your first news story
Find something to write about
Do your interviews
Choose the best quotes
Report, report, report
Be objective and fair
Write a great headline
Structure the rest of the story
Say where you got the information from
Find a picture for your story
Get started on the follow up
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6. Tip 1 - Conducting a news interview
Things you will need
Preparing: R&D
Establish rapport
Keep it natural
Be open
Maintain control
Wrapping up
A note about note-taking
Recording
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7. Tip 2 - More than just questions
The importance of the person
Get the basic facts – and get them right!
Must have information first and then the anecdotes
Open ended questions
Any questions for us? Follow up potential
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8. Picture exercise - illustrate a story with relevant image
What the local press do What works well and why? What’s not so effective and why? Would you have shot images differently?
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9. Why do you want to be a community reporter?
Story exercise
Why do you want to be a community reporter?
Maximum of 250 words with picture
Plan it
Conduct and record
Appropriate photo
Write up with headline
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