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Layer 1 Reporting

-Accurate reporting of source-originated material.

Layer 2 Reporting

-Digging beyond primary information (investigative reporting)



Layer 3 Reporting

Expanding coverage beyond what has happened (why?)

Pseudo-Events

Look like events but are actually arranged to influence media coverage.

Media Manipulation

Stage confrontation or trial balloons to attract media.

News Releases

May be one-sided or presented as fact.

Background Reporting (General and Specific)

Key prospective to the story.


General: Basic Knowledge


Specific: Details

The 3 Sources

Human, Physical (Databases), Online.

News Interview vs. Profile Interview

News interview looks for facts, profile interview looks for personality

Four Principles of Interviewing

1. Prepare


2. Establish Relationship


3. Good Questions


4. Don't judge, listen

Fishing

Create written bulls-eye and work towards middle.

Broadcast Interviews (3)

-Open-Ended Questions


-Short Answers Are Best


-Look for people bites for emotion

3 Things for Recording

1. Sound Considerations


2. Written Notes


3. Permission

Quotes and Direct Quotes

Lend authority and credibility to the story. Direct quotes give a sense of the person being interviewed.

Attribution of Source

At the end of the quote in newspaper, at the beginning in broadcast.

Prepping the Speech

Get there early and find a crowd-watching spot, meet the speaker afterwards.

Writing the speech lead

Include speaker's name, the speech and the setting in the lead.

Writing the speech body!

Full of quotes and interpretive summaries around a single, dominant theme.




Present in order of importance, not chronologically.

A Good Speech Story (4)

1. Look for the news


2. Check the facts


3. Gauge the response


4. Beat the deadline

Meeting Prep (3)

1. Write an advance


2. Get an agenda


3. Get there early and stay late

Writing Meetings Leads (2)

Delayed: Something unusual (think about people affected)


Direct: Purpose, Quote, Background, Theme, Transition

School/Education

Communities spend a lot of money and there are dozens of story ideas.

News Conferences (3)

-Background on person/subject


-Major point of conference


-Consequences

Katie Couric

-Be a good host, put them at ease


-Prepare good questions


-Ask follow-up questions


*Allow them to inform the audience!