Your story will be for most of you coverage of a speech or event. Write in a Word doc. Story length should not exceed 650 words. You want a beginning, middle and end. SAVE your story as Last Name Story 1.docx.
Reminders: Lead — 35 words or less. Support your lead. Use a quote by the third or fourth paragraph. Short paragraphs (no more than three sentences). All quotes must have attribution. All quotes should be set apart as their own paragraphs. Your audience is readers of the OGB.
Make sure you are clear on what your story is about and stay focused on perhaps three elements of the speech or event. Opt for depth rather than skimming the surface to cover more ground. Do this with good quotes, an anecdote, vivid observations, summarizing of major points, interesting audience reaction.
Your story must have a nut graf— the So What? graf — that helps put your story in a broader context and explains what’s at stake, why the story is important, why the reader should care. This should come in around the fourth or fifth paragraph. BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NUT GRAF IN BOLD.
Your story should contain a minimum of four quotes from at least three difference sources. Be sure to punctuate your quotes correctly. Check the textbook if you are uncertain.
Follow AP Style throughout — titles, numbers, abbreviations, times, etc.
EVERY story you write this semester MUST have a Reporting Index at the end of the story (do not send this in a separate Word doc). You will lose a letter grade if you do not have a Reporting Index.
Deadline: Friday, 10 a.m. Send as a email attachment. Do not use a Google doc. Word only.
