Multimedia Reporting Fall 2019

Class Agenda: Monday, Nov. 25

Discussion:

Together we’ll screen your five-shot sequences.

Upcoming dates:

Class this Wednesday Nov. 27 will be optional. Studio H will be open for editing and I will be here for anyone who wants to have me look at anything or help/give coaching in any way.

Rough cuts of your videos will be due on Monday, Dec. 2. The final project will be due on Dec. 11, our last day of class.

 

Writing a lede:

http://training.npr.org/digital/leads-are-hard-heres-how-to-write-a-good-one/

Writing a nut graph:

https://www.poynter.org/news/nut-graf-part-i

So the classic story structure is typically something like this:

Lede

Nut graph

Body (lead quote followed by background info, another quote followed by more background info, etc.)

Ending/Kicker