Course Readings
In our very first class, while discussing how to write a creative lede, we focused on a story from The Guardian about this athlete
Noah Lyles
While discussing how to carry out a successful interview, we talked about the importance of asking these types of questions, rather than yes-or-no questions
Open-Ended Questions
This is the line that establishes the who/what/when/where/why in a news story
Lede
During our first Guest Speaker Session, Chris Johnston spoke about how he began his career with this outlet
Canadian Press
The first step for your Profile Story assignment was a story pitch, where you had to include an angle, a hook, three potential sources, and this
A working headline
When we first discussed feature profiles and in-depth storytelling, we focused on a profile about this Olympic athlete, who appeared in a later reading as well
Simone Manuel
Though detailed preparation is crucial, it’s also important to be flexible during the interview process, and to add in these types of questions during the interview
Follow-Up Questions
This is the closing line of a story, that leaves readers with something memorable
Kicker
Our second guest speaker, Evan Rosser, spoke about two international reporting trips he took, both focused around this professional sports team
Toronto Raptors
We did an in-class group exercise where you were asked to organize different story elements, and outline a story.
Name the athlete that group exercise was focused on
Daryl Watts
This well-known reporter was the focus of our reading in Week 3, when we discussed the ethics of breaking-news insiders and their relationships with sources
Fabrizio Romano
This quote is formatted incorrectly — where is the error?
“It’s kind of unheard of to win as many things as I have” Biles says. “I don’t physically understand how I do it”.
Missing comma before quotation mark / incorrect punctuation at the end of the quote
This is the (shape-based) name given to the basic structure of a news story, describing the importance of putting the most newsworthy information at the top of the story
Inverted Triangle / Inverted Pyramid
In his Guest Speaker Session, Chris Johnston spoke about this locker-room memory as a standout career highlight
Celebrating with Team Canada's national men's hockey team after winning a gold medal
When we discussed Profile Stories, we looked at one example story a few times over the course of the term.
Name the ping-pong commentator that story was about, or the outlet the piece appeared in
Adam Bobrow, The Guardian
In Week 4, while discussing multi-platform storytelling, we watched a video about a young boy from Afghanistan, whose homemade jersey earned him this nickname based on a legendary soccer star
Little Messi
When we first discussed the interviewing process, I mentioned the importance of asking about this when trying to learn about your source's important experiences
Memory (i.e. what they remember thinking/feeling during those experiences, not just what happened)
This is the paragraph in a feature profile that closes the opening section, and lays out for the reader what the story is going to be about
Nut Graf
In his Guest Speaker Session, Evan Rosser was asked about this food item, referenced in one of his features
Taco Sub
We did an in-class group exercise focused on multi-platform storytelling, where you were asked to pick an athlete and come up with three types of story ideas.
What were the types of story ideas you were asked to come up with?
A written piece, a video broadcast piece, and a social media piece
In Week 6, we discussed a reading that included this quote, describing the process of profile writing:
“You try to get as close to the way another person sees the world as you possibly can, then relay it.”
Name the author of this piece, or the outlet the piece appeared in
Zach Baron, GQ
When discussing using quotes versus paraphrasing our sources' words, we talked about how we should never do this when referring to our sources' thoughts or feelings
Never attribute thoughts or feelings to a source unless they told us what they were thinking/feeling
When we discussed the reporting process for a feature profile, we talked about the fact that we learn who someone is through both interviewing and this
Observation (i.e. observing how they talk, what they do during the interview, how they move through the world)
In Week 4, I played an audio clip for the class, where this acclaimed writer spoke about his perspective on storytelling, and how he wants his writing to ‘haunt’ the reader
Ta-Nehisi Coates
When we discussed Data Stories in class, we discussed three types of data stories, as outlined by FiveThirtyEight writer Andrew Flowers.
Name one of the three types of data stories discussed
Outlier / Trend / Forecast