Jou 220 - Dean Hume- different parts of writing a good story. Interviewing, finding good PDF

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Dean Hume- different parts of writing a good story. Interviewing, finding good sources, types of elements to look for, story structure...

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Jou 220 News Basics 

Three parts of the news triangle: o Important info o Interesting info o Demographics 

Age, race, gender, family size, religion, job, income, political affiliation, income, sexual orientation, location, education level

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The event: something that happens an issue comes from this

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Every story has multiple elements the angle you choose comes from which element you emphasize o News elements: death and injury, proximity, police/crime, timeliness, prominence sex, progress, oddity, consequence, conflict, drama, usefulness/comparison, impact, weight, emotion

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Source types: o Bluebook- professional, an expert on the topic o Face- a source with a personal connection to the story (makes it relatable to readers)

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Credible sources are: accessible, reliable, accountable, and quotable

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Dyad model: attitudes, beliefs, values, motivations o Try to get these from your sources. It add character to the story.

Writing the story 

When interviewing, tell them why you are writing it

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Make sure to transcribe the interview

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Inverted pyramid: most important info at the beginning, funnels down to less important details o Use single idea paragraphs. Each paragraph should modify the one above.

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GRAMMAR IS IMPORTANT

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Lede: starting sentence of the story; catches the reader’s attention o The lede doesn’t use names in it unless they are prominent individuals o Don’t start with a question o Don’t use full, direct quotes in the lede

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Quotes o Go back and forth between indirect and direct quotes

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Write the story in order of importance NOT chronologically...