Story Ideas

Everything Else

• Journalism organizations
• Journalism publication reviews

Convergence

• Web first, print last
• Effective infographics

i. When to use infographics (too much info in story – see band)

• Shooting and writing a convergence package

Design

a. Print

i. Newspaper and Magazine

ii. Yearbook

• InDesign tips – manually placing pictures, grouping objects, aligning properly, column spacing, indention, etc. (Maybe a tip a day? Something short?)

b. Web

Management

a. Content

a. How timely is too timely

b. Picture management

i. What should happen with every covered photo assignment in terms of parsing, editing, organizing, etc.

b. Staff

a. Getting people to do their work

b. Looking at different assessment procedures

c. Student editors grading peers?

Photojournalism

• How to shoot photos in different locations

a. Gyms

b. Pools

c. Arenas

d. Football fields

e. Vary by level?

• Shooting profiles
• Captioning for news and yearbook
• How to properly caption photo stories
• Types of headshots or mugs
• Remote video?
• Setting up setting portraits

Writing & Reporting

• How to write good headlines

a. Again: Headlines. Headlines. Headlines.

• Writing profile stories

a. Sports

b. People

• Covering an event
• Covering a sporting event or team
• Yearbook v. Newspaper stories
• Getting the most out of sources
• Focusing on leads

a. Different types

i. Features

ii. News

iii. Sports

• Getting good quotes