Homework: read pages 227 to 246 in Harvard
Answer the following questions and post:
According to Lane Degregory, describe the following "J-tips":
1. Talk to strangers
2. Play hooky
3. Read the walls
4. Eat lunch alone
5. Get a life
6. Ignore the important people
7. Celebrate losers
8. Wonder "who would ever_________"
9. Hang out at bars
10. Give everyone your phone number
11. Work holidays
12. Grab the stories nobody else wants
13. Look for the bruise on the apple
Kristine Dukes
ReplyDeleteR&NW Mon 4/4/11
According to Lane Degregory, describe the following "J-tips":
1. Talk to strangers- learn to talk with people everywhere you go
2. Play hooky-good stories don’t always come to the “office” explore things that seem interesting or perhaps story worthy
3. Read the walls- read the stuff people post on bulletin boards at the grocery store and launder mat
4. Eat lunch alone- listen to people around you…if you hear something interesting as them about it
5. Get a life-watch for interesting stories happening around you
6. Ignore the important people- others have already written about them
7. Celebrate losers-people facing setbacks and failure are fascinating
8. Wonder "who would ever_________"- wonder who empties port o potties, who cleans up the bleachers after a game who changes the light bulb on the top of the space needle?
9. Hang out at bars-people tell stories in bars
10. Give everyone your phone number-give out your card, have people call you with story tips
11. Work holidays-what do other people do for holidays
12. Grab the stories nobody else wants- others peoples assumptions that something won’t be interesting can sometimes turn into very interesting stories
13. Look for the bruise on the apple- stories with the “shine” get lots of attention, pay attention to the stories that don’t always have a happy ending, the “bruises”.
Sydney Gill
ReplyDelete1. Talk to strangers—“Be a nosy neighbor.” Talk to different people because you can get lots of good information that can help develop a new story or give new information to a developing story.
2. Play hooky—Degreogry said that some of his best stories have taken place when he was supposed to be at work. Take the opportunity when a story presents itself to you, don’t sit in the “office” and wait for stories to come to you.
3. Read the walls—Read everything, wherever you go. There could be a lot of opportunities for different types of stories with simple information read every day.
4. Eat lunch alone—Pay attention to what is going on around you. If you look like you aren’t trying to get information from others, you may be able to hear some interesting things that could help generate a story.
5. Get a life—our everyday lives have stories that could be used. Looking at things that happen every day will help with story ideas.
6. Ignore the important people—Important people are people that have already been written about. Write about the people that readers haven’t heard about.
7. Celebrate losers—People who face obstacles and failures are more interesting than those whose dreams come true.
8. Wonder "who would ever_________"—Who would ever do these crazy jobs that some of us would never dream of, this could be a very interesting point-of-view for a story.
9. Hang out at bars—everyone tells stories in bars. You can hear things that would never be heard in the newsroom.
10. Give everyone your phone number—Opens you up to people who may have interesting stories to tell. Also, people may help you with some much needed information if they have the material on how to contact you.
11. Work holidays—Many interesting things go on during the holidays and some of these things only happen on the holidays.
12. Grab the stories nobody else wants—these can be very interesting stories. Gives you the opportunity to cover a story that is different than other things that are covered.
Ebenezer Makinde
ReplyDelete1. Be a nosy neighbor.
2. Many stories come to me when I am supposed to be at work
3. Read everything everywhere you go
4. Sit in a restaurant or park bench to listen to nearby conversations
5. Watch for interesting stories in your day to day life
6. It is boring to write about those people who have already been written about
7. Too much is written about those whose dreams come true
8. Ask yourself interesting questions
9. Everyone tells stories at bars
10. Wear a reporter tag
Shea McClellin
ReplyDeleteTue/thur
1.Talk to a lot of different people so you know a lot more.
2.Go out and Find stories, don’t sit in the office and wait for them.
3.Read everything, everywhere you go because there could be a lot of things out there that are great news stories.
4.Listen to the people around you, because they could be saying some pretty good things.
5.Be looking for stories out there, there everywhere.’
6.Don’t worry about important people because people have already written about them.’
7.People with failures are interesting news.
8.This could be set up for a really interesting story.
9.People always have really good stories in bars.
10.Give your number out so people can help you
11.Good and interesting things happen on the holidays so take advantage of it.
12.Stories that’s nobody else wants are the most interesting.
13.Pay attention to the stories that don’t always end with a happy ending.
Jacy Skeen
ReplyDeleteTu/Th
1) Talk to people everywhere you go.
2) Don’t be scared to make a pit stop before work, stories are everywhere.
3) Read everything, everywhere you go.
4) Sit alone, and listen to other people talk. You might find something worth discussing further.
5) Be on the look out for stories in your day-to-day life.
6) They have already been written about, go for the road less traveled.
7) Everyone knows what happens to the winners, but the losers might have a better story to tell.
8) Ask yourself questions.
9) The stories at bars are ones you will not hear at the newsroom, or really anywhere else.
10) Get your name out there; provide people with someone to tell their stories to.
11) Interesting things happen when the world is on a holiday, be the person to write about it.
12) They can turn into interesting stories, don’t look down your nose at them.
13) Open your eyes and ears to allow yourself to witness other worlds with honest wonder.
Nichole Stallings
ReplyDeleteAccording to Lane Degregory, describe the following "J-tips":
1. Talk to strangers: Learn to talk to people wherever you go. They may just have a story waiting for you to write.
2. Play hooky: There is a story everywhere you go. So even if you “play hooky” you can still be working to find something interesting.
3. Read the walls: Read everything everywhere you go. You might find something interesting.
4. Eat lunch alone: It’s okay to eavesdrop. Learning to pay attention to everything around you is a great journalism skill
5. Get a life: Go out and do things. By being active, you can see a lot of things you wouldn’t see by sifting at home or in an office.
6. Ignore the important people: Find someone unique who has not been written about. Famous or important people have already had their time in the limelight. Find someone that no one has hear about yet.
7. Celebrate losers: Write about people who have had a challenging life. Fairytale endings are not interesting to read anymore.
8. Wonder "who would ever_________" :write about the crazy people who perform the jobs that no one wants. Find someone who does something original.
9. Hang out at bars: people like to talk and socialize at the bars. They say things that they would not normally say in public.
10. Give everyone your phone number: networking is critical in journalism. By opening yourself up to people, you open yourself up to opportunities.
11. Work holidays: Something interesting might happen on holidays….. lots of people don’t like to work holidays so you may have an advantage at a first time story.
12. Grab the stories nobody else wants: The story nobody wants is the most challenging of stories. People don’t want them because they require a different point-of-view than they are used to. So jump out of your comfort zone and write all types of stories.
13. Look for the bruise on the apple: A perfect apple is usually an apple everyone wants. Look for the bruises on the apple…. That’s where the story lies. No one wants to hear about a perfect apple: they want to hear about the tragedy of how the apple got its bruises.