Saturday, April 21, 2012

Third Panel Story



        A person selects where he or she receives his or her daily dose of news depending on how well a story was developed and delivered. 
         Panelist, WSB-TV 2 Atlanta Producer, Marcus Foster and Channel 11 Alive Anchor, DeMarco Morgan discussed the key points that prepared future journalists and reporters on how to create a good research story.
         Each field of mass media requires extraordinary writing skills. Foster described how in television, writing a broadcast story begins with a catchy lead likewise for print journalism because the audience gets less time to get as much information about a story in the from a live reporter.
        “While reporting an investigation story it is important to listen, which is also a key element of the story,” Jacque Reid said.  Reid gave essential tips on how to create worthy research story. She mentioned how it is the reporter duty to do his or her or homework by researching information on the story that is pitched.
         “There are many reporters in the industry and various reporting styles but ultimately in order to be the best depends on how well the story was told.  As a journalist he or she has to be comfortable with not relying on written questions but listening in order to have a conversation as opposed to an interview. And treat people like you know them, that’s what makes Oprah Winfrey and Diane Sawyer great,” Morgan said. 
         Students in the Reid Project course are well equipped for their final research project from the panelist expert advice. Some students prepared with topics and others still researching.
         Morgan believed, “The best story is the unexpected story.”
                                                    

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