Sunday, September 25, 2011

Proposal Guidelines for the Investigative Report

Proposal for Investigative Report/Profile:

Write at least one page, typed, dbl. spaced, and include the following:

What local issue or person are you writing about?
What is the question you are trying to answer about this issue or person?
Why are you writing about this issue or person now? (A recent article you read? An event that’s coming up? What prompted this idea that makes it new, interesting, or fresh?)
What is your reporting plan? Who will you interview? What secondary sources will you look up (newspapers, websites, etc.)?
Who is your audience (consider what publication you might see this article in and who the readership of that publication usually is)?
Name a particular element/technique/style from one of the pieces we’ve read and explain how it might inspire your own work. 

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