2. Each of you will be creating,
editing, and posting a
multimedia journalism project
with:
TEXT
AUDIO
VIDEO
BASIC INTERACTIVITY
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3. FINDING STORIES
Cultivate Curiosity
If you’re curious, someone else is, too
Read, Look and Listen
Pay attention to your world
Follow Up and Plan Ahead
Ask both what’s happened and what’s
next
Develop Story Topics from Ideas
A story idea is NOT the same as a topic
4. The Rising Cost of
College Textbooks
Overview with
History
Effect on
Students &
Teachers
Alternatives &
Future
STORY MAPPING
GENERAL IDEA:
SPECIFIC TOPICS:
5. ESSENTIAL: THE 5 W’s (plus the SW)
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why? (NOT your opinion)
Always ask “SO WHAT?” to
determine newsworthiness
6. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
THREE MAIN AREAS TO CHOOSE
FROM:
REPORT ON AN EVENT (concert, lecture,
club meeting, art opening, etc.)
-OR-
PROFILE A PERSON AND/OR PLACE
AND/OR ORGANIZATION
-OR-
REPORT ON A CULTURAL TREND
7. Choose something from your real
world
Something/Someone Interesting
and/or Newsworthy – BE
REALISTIC!
Focus on the hook/subject – DOES
IT HAVE MULTIMEDIA
POTENTIAL?
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8. Be Sure You Have Access
for Original Reporting &
Interviewing
Be Realistic & Adaptable
SET REALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS: CAN you
do this story with the time
and resources available?
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9. Material should be gathered as the
semester progresses – you will have
in-class lab time to work on projects
MUST HAVE ORIGINAL REPORTING &
INTERVIEWS WITH CONNECTED
SUBJECTS (not just “regular” people)
This is NOT an Opinion Piece – it’s not
about what you think as
reporters/people!
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10. YOU MAY TEAM UP TO GATHER MATERIAL
BUT EACH OF YOU MUST DO YOUR OWN
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
PROJECT PITCH TO CLASS IN EDITORIAL
MEETING SETTING
PITCH IS DUE A WEEK FROM TODAY
YOUR PITCH IS OPEN TO QUESTIONS
I WILL VETO STORIES BASED ON
PRACTICAL GROUNDS
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11. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
THREE MAIN AREAS TO CHOOSE
FROM:
REPORT ON AN EVENT (concert, lecture,
club meeting, art opening, etc.)
-OR-
PROFILE A PERSON AND/OR PLACE
AND/OR ORGANIZATION
-OR-
REPORT ON A CULTURAL TREND
Editor's Notes
Cultivate Curiosity
If you’re curious, someone else is, too
Read, Look and Listen
Pay attention to your world
Follow Up and Plan Ahead
Ask both what’s happened and what’s next
Develop Stories from Topics
A story idea is NOT the same as a topic
You often start with a topic - then develop ideas. You often come up with more than 1 viable idea to have stories that compliment each other, as well as stand on their own.