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PHOTOJOURNALISM REVIEWDr. Kristen LandrevilleMon. 9/27/10
Photojournalism Review
Sports Action Tom – “Feet up, head down” Anna – “Defense”
Sports Feature Bailey – “School Spirit” Bailey – “Gameday Pride”
Feature Dyann – “Just Waiting” Tom – “Trespassing for music” Adrienne – “Free Bird”
Portrait Tom – “Wind in the hair” Courtney – “Girls’ Best Friend”
WEB REPORTING PROJECT
Website Template
Home page: http://www.klandreville.com/report.html Discipline page template: http://www.klandreville.com/arts.html Story page template http://www.klandreville.com/
template.html
Example
http://www.jou.ufl.edu/pubs/communigator/index.php?id=146 Troy Elias Moon Lee Clay Calvert
What’s different in your project: 650-850 words Need “chunks”
Reminders of how to write good news stories.
News Writing Basics
Characteristics of News Stories
Short, concise Sentences are usually only 15 to 35 words long. Paragraphs are usually 2 to 5 sentences.
Use quotes every 3 to 5 paragraphs
Interesting language and style, yet clear.
Strong lead to grab readers’ attention.
Steps to Good Writing
1. Identify the focus or main idea from notes What are the basics? How would you tell a friend?
2. Locate the material that supports, explains, amplifies the main idea
3. Organize the secondary material in order of importance
4. As you write, make sure the separate elements are linked with transitions and transitional quotes.
Steps for Good Writing
5. Read the completed story to make sure you have explained the lead.
6. Read the completed story for accuracy, brevity and clarity
7. Read the story for grammar, style and word usage
8. If steps 5 through 7 indicate problems, rewrite
Personality Profile Basics
Personality Profile Excerpt
A student reporter wrote this:Don Sheber’s leathery, cracked hands have
been sculpted by decades of wrestling a living from the earth.
But this year, despite work that often stretches late into the evening, the moisture-starved soil has yielded little for Sheber and his family.
Sheber’s hands tugged at the control levers on his John Deere combine last week as rotating blades harvested the thin strands of wheat that have grown to less than a foot high…
Personality Profile Writing
Find a theme Show people doing things Set a scene Let them talk Let the action and the dialogue carry the piece Keep the piece moving Weave strong quotes throughout
Personality Profile Writing
Use concrete details rather than vague adjectives Observe or ask questions involving all your senses Not in chronological order You can tell a story like a plot (with a beginning,
middle and climax) Use foreshadowing Insert biographical information (e.g., age,
residence, hometown) where and when they make sense in the story
Kicker sometimes ‘wraps up’ the story and ties back with the lead
Your Job!
No such thing as an uninteresting person! Your job: Research and interview the professor to
obtain most interesting tidbits Present to readers a ‘snapshot of a life’
using interviews, observations and creative writing
Convey importance and uniqueness of professor
Personality Profiles – Leads
Can be more than paragraph
Should reflect the theme
Can be anecdotal—a memorable story that represents the professor
Can be a scene describing a setting that reflects the professor
Avoid beginning with a quote unless it is very powerful
Personality Profiles – Format
The story can be organized in many ways:1. Time frames: Start with present, go to the
past, go back to the present, and end with the future.
2. Chronology: Don’t write the whole story in chronological order, but some part of the story is OK
3. Sections: Sectioning into specific aspects of the person’s life may work.
Personality Profiles - Hints
Include a quote every three paragraphs or so
Don’t bury quotes in the middle or end of a paragraph.
Use active voice
Have you answered the readers’ possible questions about this person?
End with a strong quote or paraphrased statement that reflects the person well
GOAL Method
The secret to writing a good profile is getting to know the person
Use the GOAL Method G = Goals
What were your original goals? What are your next goals? O = Obstacles
What obstacles did you face in accomplishing your goals, and what new problems loom?
A = Achievements What pleasure or problems have these achievements
brought? L = Logistics
What background (logistics of who, what, where, when) led to your current situation?
Example Interview Questions1. How did you get involved in this…?
2. What made you decide to…?
3. What’s been your best experience?
4. What’s been your most difficult, disappointing, upsetting experience?
5. Explain a typical ______ (insert theme of story).
6. What advice would you have for someone who is interested in…?
The Word Still Dominates
Storytelling for the Web
Writing Style for Headlines
Entice readers Reflect the overall story for search engine
optimization Use conversational language If you use a catchy headline, be sure to
include a literal secondary headline Can use concise bullet points with main facts
Example: Do-Re-Mi promotes a feeling of ‘we’
Music can encourage children to cooperate
Writing Style for Online Stories Still newswriting, but with these
exceptions…
We don’t read, we scan. Include short subheads that “chunk” the story
Hybrid Writing Tight, punchy, and colorful like broadcast
news Subject > Verb > Object (active voice) More detail like newspapers
Examples
Good Science Story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10711202
Good Technology Story http://chronicle.com/article/Mixed-Signals-About/
124607/
Bad Example http://chronicle.com/article/The-Secret-Lives-of-
Big/124335/
Linking
Purpose of Links Background and related information to professor
Example: Former universities (Colorado State University)
Where you got your story information or sources Example: UW faculty member’s homepage
Web sites of people or organizations you mentioned in the story Example: UW faculty mentions a professional
organization (National Communication Association) News stories published about faculty member
Example: Laramie Boomerang quoted this person or did a story on them before
Linking Issues
Be specific about your links Within the story, highlight the word or
phrase you want to link to (not the whole sentence)
Ensure the word or phrase is exactly what the user will expect to appear
Limit linking to a handful of VIPs Don’t want to lead users away from your
story
For Next Time…
Dreamweaver Basics