Unit 5: Building the Story 5-4 “putting it all Together”

SETTING THE STAGE… What is the job of the journalist? To Whom? For what purpose… what do they do with the journalist’s info? Where does the journalist get the info they provide? After they research, how do they “fill the GAPS in their knowledge? With who? What do the experts do for the journalist? U have your topic, the length, you’ve done research, and filled your gaps with interview info… now what?!? What style you use is determined by the type of what? What are 2 two (2) types of stories? Describe Breaking vs. Feature News stories Most news stories fall under which category? Breaking new stories follow what format? SETTING THE STAGE…

Breaking News vs. Feature News Told in order of importance best written in inverted pyramid Results – Details – What’s Next? no emotional involvement… just the facts the reader can stop reading any time STILL know the outcome of the story because THE LEDE is the outcome. Feature News – Told in Chronological order Best written in Pyramid format BKGD – Details - Results Save results for ending for effect emotional involvement comes from the reader Breaking News vs. Feature News

The inverted pyramid LEDE- MOST NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION Overall Result, Who? What? When? Where? Body- IMPORTANT DETAILS The Story Details, Why? How? Quotes, Evidence, Remaining Major Details Conclusion- “What’s Next…”, extra content, etc. THE LEDE - The opening graf of the story containing the most important info Journalists don’t tell Breaking News stories in chronological order… They tell stories in order of importance!!!   The inverted pyramid

How to Invert the pyramid? Examine and read through the Research and Interview Transcripts of the story Label or Highlight according to… Necessary Facts Important Facts (only if room) Necessary Quotes Important Quotes (only if Room) Lede (1st graph, has 2 parts) Hook- (1st sentence) most important Outcome Nut graph- (2nd sentence) required info in order for reader to be able to stop reading after 1st paragraph and still get the main idea of the story Unspecific who, What, when, where Body (middle graphs) More important details Specific details Why, & How Quotes that can’t sway the reader Conclusion (Final graph) “What’s Next…” stuff Results from story How to Invert the pyramid?

The Story Details, Why, How, Quotes, Evidence, Remaining Major Details Final Results Overall Result SPECIFIC DETAILS The Story Details, Why, How, Quotes, Evidence, Remaining Major Details Background Info Who, What, Where, When THE LEDE - The opening graf of the story containing the most important info Journalists don’t tell feature stories in order of importance… They tell stories Chronologically!!!   The Normal Pyramid

How to use a pyramid Format? Examine and read through the Research and Interview Transcripts of the story Label or Highlight according to… Necessary Facts Important Facts (only if room) Necessary Quotes Important Quotes (only if Room) Lede (1st graph, has 2 parts) Hook- (1st sentence) Background INfo Nut graph- (2nd sentence) required info in order for reader to be able to stop reading after 1st paragraph and still get the main idea of the story Unspecific who, What, when, where Body (middle graphs) More important details Specific details Why, & How Quotes that can’t sway the reader Conclusion (Final graph) Results of the story How it all ended!!! How to use a pyramid Format?

Only Use if Have Room (Inches) or Time (Seg. Length) In order to write your story (hard or soft) more efficiently Journalists will create a stat sheet To Make… Use Research and Interview Transcripts to create Highlight “necessary” Yellow Highlight “Important” Green Use only if room or time Copy and Paste to organize info into 1 page document for quick reference Stat Sheet Components Necessary Facts Important Facts Necessary Quotes Important Quotes Only Use if Have Room (Inches) or Time (Seg. Length) “Stat Sheets”

Outlining your stat Sheet Read over all facts and quotes Identify the “most important outcome” & label w/ an “H” Evaluate remaining facts by asking, “will this fact help reader understand the main idea?” If yes, label with an “N” Usually the “Who, what, when, where” Read remaining facts, identify the specific details Label with a “B” Usually the “specific who, why, or an unbiasing quote” Read remaining info label with a “C” Facts are results of the event The “what’s next…?” stuff Outlining your stat Sheet

classwork LEDE GRAPH MOST NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION Apply all unit 5 lessons to your “story” Find out topic & Length Do research Fill gaps w/ interview info Make list of all your story’s facts (from research & Interview(S)) Using the “Correct pyramid…” follow the steps on how to outline your story Outline your story Using your outline… Take the remaining class period to Make your first rough draft LEDE GRAPH MOST NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION Results, Who? What? When? Where? BODY GRAPHS IMPORTANT DETAILS CONCLUSION WHAT’S NEXT…? classwork