News Reporting

News Reporting

​by Bobby Hawthorne

Debra Barbre

​Journalism 1

Multiple Choice

Never submit a story you yourself

would not want to read: 

Good Advice or Bad Advice

• Good Advice

• Bad Advice

Multiple Choice

What does Hawthorne suggest when asking questions?

• Narrow and deep

• shallow and wide

Poll

Of the three suggestions Hawthorne gives, which does he imply is the best approach?

• Get quotes from the Habitat for Humanity website?

• State your opinion about Habitat as a charity

• Interview multiple members of the club?

Open Ended

Using your story, answer the questions Hawthorne proposes:

What's the purpose?

Where will it run? 

How long should it be?

What is obvious?

What do readers already know?

What don't readers already know?

Multiple Choice

Should you use quotes to tell the story?

• No.

• Yes

• Sometimes--if they're compelling enough.

Multiple Choice

What is the last question you should ask?

• Is there anyone else I should talk to?

• Is there anything else you'd like to add?

• What did I miss about this story?

• What's your name and how do you spell it?

Open Ended

A good way to find a good lede is to identify your best quote and then paraphrase it. Try it using this quote from Dalia Sybry:

"This monster whale must have been a massive threat to all living things at the time. Just the size of his jaw alone suggests it had to have had an insatiable appetite."

Poll

Which person exemplifies the qualities Hawthorne says are best in a source. (Someone for whom the subject is profoundly important.)

• One

• Two

• Three

Multiple Select

What are the five things you should know about your source (a teacher) before your interview?

• Biographical Information

• Education Background

• Years in the classroom

• Anecdotes

• Quirks

Open Ended

Define an anecdote. What is it?

Multiple Choice

How should you record your information?

• Use a recording device

• Also use your phone

• Take notes in shorthand

• Just remember what you can.

Open Ended

List the ways you could blow the interview completely.

Multiple Choice

The author suggests ways to gather background about a person before an interview. They are:

• Talk to her teachers

• Talk to her friends

• Talk to her coaches

• Talk to a random stranger.

Open Ended

Looking at the questions the author poses to the karate champ, what types of questions might you ask your main source?

Open Ended

Using the three-question interview, develop your three questions.

Poll

In the Rarely/Never list, there is one thing Ms. Barbre feels STRONGLY about, and one thing she disagrees with. They are:

• She feels strongly that you should never text interview questions to a source.

• She disagrees that you should never ask a source for a quote.

• She disagrees that you should use a recorder.

• She feels strongly that you shouldn't interview someone in a crowd.

Open Ended

Answer his questions. How would you approach these topics in a more unique way?