5. SKYPE INTERVIEW ON COVID-19
• PRODUCE A 3:00 PKG BASED ON
YOUR SKYPE INTERVIEW
• INCLUDE A “SIT DOWN” OPEN
• GATHER FILE VIDEO
• GATHER IMAGES OR GRAPHICS
• INSERT INTERVIEW
• RECORD “SIT DOWN” CLOSE
7. How do you know what focus
to take on a story?
How do you tell your story?
How do you organize your
story?
STORY ORGANIZATION
8. TYPICAL FOR BREAKING NEWS:
SUMMARY WITH REACTION AND/OR
EXPLANATORY SOTs
THERE ARE MORE OPTIONS FOR
OTHER STORIES
9. FOUR QUESTIONS TO FIND THE FOCUS
1. WHAT IS THE CENTRAL POINT?
WHAT QUESTION OR QUESTIONS MUST THE
STORY ANSWER TO BE WORTHWHILE?
WHY DO PEOPLE NEED OR WILL WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT IT?
2. WHAT IS THE CENTRAL EVIDENCE?
WHAT FACTS AND VISUALS CAN YOU
PRESENT TO EXPLAIN THE STORY?
10. 3. WHAT IS THE CENTRAL PLACE?
HOW CAN YOU SHOW THE CENTRAL
ELEMENTS OF THE STORY?
4. WHO ARE THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS?
WHO CAN PUT THE FACTS IN PERSPECTIVE?
HOW CAN YOU PRESENT THE STORY’S
CENTRAL CHARACTERS?
11. WHAT’S THE NEWS?
WHAT’S THE STORY?
WHAT ARE THE VISUALS?
TELL IT IN SIX WORDS
WHAT’S THE SO WHAT?
12. AGAIN - TYPICAL FOR BREAKING NEWS:
INVERTED PYRAMID/SUMMARY LEDE
OTHERS:
HOURGLASS
DIAMOND
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
13. HOURGLASS
SUMMARY LEDE – IN BROADCAST THIS
MAY BE THE ANCHOR INTRO – AND THEN
PRESENT A TIMELINE WITH EYEWITNESSES
14. DIAMOND
BEGIN WITH FOCUS ON ONE PERSON
CONNECTED TO STORY AND THEN BROADEN
STORY TO BIGGER ISSUE
16. FLY ON WALL/IN THEIR OWN WORDS
STORY IS MOSTLY PERSONS OF THE STORY
RECOUNTING THE STORY
17. EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM
NOT JUST 5Ws
CONTEXT/BACKGROUND
WHAT LED TO THIS NEWS
WHAT DOES THE PERSON INVOLVED
IN THE STORY REFLECT ON
LOOK BACK AND AHEAD
18. NEEDS TO INCLUDE EXPERTISE
FACT-BASED BY REPORTER
DATA RICH FROM RESEARCH
CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS BASED
ON EVIDENCE GATHERED BUT NOT
OFFER OPINION FROM REPORTER
19. ASSIGNMENT
APPLY DIAMOND STORY ORGANIZATION
TO TELL A CURRENT DAY IN THE LIFE STORY
OF SOMEONE YOU CAN CONNECT WITH:
FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, WORKER
FOCUS ON EXPLAINING THEIR CONTEXT
WITH DATA AND FACTS RELATED TO THE
LARGER ISSUE OF LIFE “TODAY"
