1. Convergence Presentation Natalie Spooner

2. What the plan was:  2 Written articles  2 Online articles  2 Radio stories  2 Video stories  1 Reversion piece  1 Non-news piece  General news  Midlands area

3. What I got:  2 Written articles  Teaching Strike/wrong time to teach  Domino’s fight  2 Online articles  WW1 Activities  Dance competition  2 Radio stories  New Look charity  WW1 Statue built in Burton  2 Video stories  New store opening  Unknown  1 Reversion piece  New Look charity  1 Non-news piece  Summer Fashions

4. Two written stories

5. Two online stories

6. Two radio stories

7. Two TV stories

8. Reversion & Feature

9. “You must learn as much about the topic as you can,” “The opening of the story is meant to engage the reader.” “It’s best to answer questions that will arise in a readers mind.” “Don’t waste time with things people couldn’t care less about.” “The end should let people know the story has officially closed.” S. Quinn, V. Filak Convergent Journalism An Introduction, 2005, Elsevier Inc

10. “Imagine you came home and your room mate tells you ‘your mum called, your dad was in a car accident.’ If you screamed ‘what happened’ and your room mate replied: ‘The Canterville Police department responded to report of an accident…’ You’d likely cut her off in mid sentence and demand to know if anyone was hurt, and how bad the damage was and what caused the crash.” S. Quinn, V. Filak Convergent Journalism An Introduction, 2005, Elsevier Inc

11. How I found the work  It was easy if a story came out of nowhere;  Domino’s story  Teaching stories  New Look story  Difficult talking to professional people  Charities  Council  Education Departments

12. What I could have changed  I left all the practical pieces to the end  Gone for help more often  Proof read work  Got feedback  Got more stories