Dear Feature Writers,

This semester we will focus on reporting and writing in-depth feature stories on a neighborhood of your choice. The idea is to learn everything you can about a given neighborhood –its infrastructure–what makes it tick.The idea is to find stories that others have missed, stories that are “under the radar.”

We will try to unearth answers to the following questions:

• Who lives there and why?
• Where do children go to school and what is the quality of local schools?
• Where do people work?
• How do local businesses thrive and/or survive?
• What community services are there in the neighborhood
• What are the biggest issues/conflicts in the neighborhood and what do local residents think can be done about them?

Whenever possible, you will be encouraged to add slideshows, podcasts, and video to your stories.

Meanwhile, see you all at our first class on August 27th. Our first reading will be E.B. White’s Here is New York, due for September 1st..

Happy Summer!