Vi. Round-table discussion

1) Which style of journalistic writing do you like best and why? If you were a journalist, which style do you think you would write best in?

2) Why do you think the same news story is often reported on in various different styles and from different points-of-view?

3) Which journalistic style do you think is the most creative? Which is the most difficult to write?

4) What are the challenges of reporting a “late-breaking” news story, such as a fatal accident?

VII. TEAMWORK PROJECT

Form working groups of three students. Each group must find a sample of hard news and fill in a chart, answering questions such as:

· What is this story about?

· Where did it happen?

· When did it happen?

· How did it happen and under what circumstances?

· Who was involved? Who was affected?

· What is the most natural or likely connection to your community, if applicable?

2. Brainstorm ideas for a feature article related to the hard news story they chose. This article must connect with the community in some way. You should answer the question “What threads can be pulled from this story to form a connection to your community? Consider ethnic or religious groups, local industries or professionals, education issues, environmental concerns, events.”

3. Work individually to flesh out plans for investigating your features, using the following guidelines. Make drafts of your stories.

Define the angle:

· What is newsworthy about this angle?

· How will this perspective have an impact on the reader?

· What might attract the reader’s attention? What is unusual about this angle?

4. Brainstorm a list of details and then circle those that seem most intriguing. Create a final feature story.

C. Lead-in:

Ø Journalists find news in all sorts of places, but most stories originate in one of three basic ways: naturally occurring events, like disasters and accidents; planned activities, like meetings and news conferences; reporters’ enterprise. If a reporter can’t find any information is it possible to invent an item that goes straight to the soul?

Ø Can journalists rely on unverifiable sources or rumors?

Ø Do you support the following idea: “Journalists are mere transmission belts for their own viewpoints or for information provided by others”?

I. Look at the text. 5 sentences have been removed. Scan the first paragraph, and then look at the underlined words in sentence B. What do they mean?

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