Session Date
Lesson Topic
Feature Story Writing...the Rest of the Story
Lesson Outline
"Rest of the Story" Feature Writing 101 -The Structure let's see what he reports. Cameron did complete a paragraph with at least the Angle of his feature, which was a good one he identified and cultivated. 12th hole 15 monitor. ("Quiet Please") So with that angle, next we put meat on the bones. I explained a feature has to contrast, go beyond normal coverage. The contrast between seen and unseen. So built the lead up to the 'hook' of the story then talked about obtaining quotes on job description, freezing but fun, best part of job & benefits in life/golf game well beyond this tournament conclusion. Cameron then worked with me to create a conclusion to the feature story. Ideally, stories go full circle. Cameron really seemed to enjoy telling the rest of the story, the story viewers at home do not see and I'm sure, talking about a peer with a cool job during a PGA event, I asked him to type up (instead of pencil on paper notes) and print two copies of each of the reporting we've learned over the past few sessions. a) Live Report on the scene @ 1st Round b) Recap of Sea Pines PGA Event answering the 5 W's and giving viewers intrigue--young players to watch. And finally, the Feature Story. He will print and bring into our next session all 3 Reporting aspects and we'll explore script structure with the video half of the TV reporting script.
Assignment
Type up on documents all 3 Reporting styles and bring in two copies of each next season
Session Minutes
48
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Cameron was alert, engaged and thinking through my challenging questions and writing an interesting feature story.
Session Hours
0.80
Hours Attended
0.75
Entry Status
Review Status
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