Alicia Bynum
Multimedia Reporting
Story Ideas
I will admit that this task was no ordinary task for me. Trying to decide what would be good material, would produce an optimal amount of viewpoints. I think pretty much everything interest me.
1). My first topic would be food trends. I love food, I love the idea that people are becoming increasingly conscious of what they ingest, how it is prepared and the conditions in which the food is obtained. Having read interesting stories on how the chicken is birthed, fed, and housed I now am more consciously aware of the things I eat specifically targeting chicken. The injections they force upon chicken, the certain origins of specific dishes, how they came to be about. Visiting specific restaurants, interviewing people on how they feel about farm raised chicken, the process in which it takes to produce the wonderful dishes that people seem to love so much.
Not sure how I would get footage on the chicken life style, but I could definitely do a slide show of the different people I encounter, how they feel about the topic. I would think that audio would be the best way to go with a topic like this. Many visuals to place people there, to make it seem more personal.
2). My second topic that inspired me, was the property in my neighborhood. How the city wants to turn public places, which help keep the children out of trouble into an overpriced co-op. I live in an area dominated by colleges. It is understandable that they want to seek more profit by housing out of state residents among the area where the school is located. At what cost? Taking away from the youth to ultimately enrich those who have money already? Speaking with people in the college housing development program, parents who send their kids to the many programs that house the tenement, would ensure both sides of the story get told. I could integrate an interactive feature/ take a poll of how the people would feel.
I feel like this is a suitable topic for more than the justifiable reason, but it outrages me knowing that my cousins, younger siblings will not have a place to enrich their lives. That is justifiable to me. Knowing that they are safe, have a place to grow is more important than personal net worth.