About Roz Bernstein

Journalism Faculty

Multimedia Tips from Mitchell Trinka

Here are the links I put on the board.

Per our conversation on how to sell these stories:
There needs to be some news peg for these profiles. Editors want to have a sense of timeliness in their posts and as such there should be some timeliness to these stories. It can’t just be about “change in the neighborhood”. Instead, as we discussed in class, the stories need to illustrate specific aspects of the changes and show the trends using supporting data that is a part of the pitches, or you should have a really powerful evergreen story.
Multimedia Reporting Resources Site:
Podcast:
Slideshow:
bit.ly/NYTSlideshow <-specifically Josh Haner’s coverage of Boston bombing survivors
bit.ly/NYTYoungAndHomeless <-the best one IMHO
Video:

Your Neighborhood Profile Pitches

Dear Feature Writers, Thought I would give you a little advice on the contents of your neighborhood profile pitches, due on Tuesday (both in hard copy and uploaded to our class blog [password protected].

1. A short bio of the person to be profiled, age, background, career etc.

2. A description of the person’s relation to the neighborhood.

3. What you hope to ask them/find out from them ? A couple of your main questions. Try to be specific here.

4. Who else you would interview to ask questions about them?

RB

Assignments for Profiles Class, Tuesday, Sept. 16

Dear Feature Writers:

For Tuesday, September 16th, your writing assignment is to upload your  Neighborhood Faces Query (250 words) on our blog site (password protected). Category is: Profiles.

Also for Tuesday, please read two profiles:

Amanda Burden (link is on your syllabus) Bring hard copy to class. Also read Robert Shelton (Sugar Factory) given out on 9/11. Bring to class.

 

Select one of these two profiles and upload a critique of one of them, analyzing writing style, reporting sources, etc. Category: Profiles

 

RB