Accuracy
Make sure everything is correct
Make sure you have included all relevant information
Have a weird attention to detail
Make sure you have included all relevant information
Have a weird attention to detail
Clarity
Place yourself in the position of the reader
Know the subject
Know the subject
Keep it simple
Use clear language
Avoid complicated grammar and punctuation
Use adjective sparingly
Avoid jargon
Avoid complicated grammar and punctuation
Use adjective sparingly
Avoid jargon
Be specific
Little facts and big facts matter
Use descriptive language (how large is a “large crowd”?)
Watch using “the”
Watch your time sequence (first, next, then, March 30, 2007 at 9 a.m.)
USE TRANSITIONS
Help the reader move through your information
Brevity
People will love you for being brief.
Get to the point
Know what it is that you are trying to say
Ask yourself “who cares?”
Watch for redundancy
Don’t use the same word over and over
meeting meeting meeting
It is a sign that you don’t care about the writing
Cut out ALL unnecessary words
In Depth template to writing a feature
Frank Deford
New Yorker profiles (for the ambitious)
Sports Illustrated longform
Great Playboy interviews
Next Monday will be your first graded assignment
It will be have the following elements:
Technicalities
750 words
Includes 3-5 pictures (faces to places)
Record your interview with your iPad or phone
Take notes that you will show as part of your research for your work
You will also explain why you made the choices you made in a separate document
Highlights
You will follow this person for two days (after you get their permission) so that you may ask good questions about what you observe.
You will use the elements of story as we have discussed to create a narrative about your subject.
Look for good moments to take pictures and help capture the narrative
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