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Four Principles For This Team
Audience First School Positive Deadline Driven Always Professional
System Workflow
Story ideas sub-mitted by writers
All stories posted on the website and pro-moted through social
media
Story options posted by admin
2 stories pitched to the paper by
writers
Stories selected by writers
2 stories select-ed by admin for
paper
Stories researched and written
Finished stories submitted to admin
1 2 3 4
5678
Finding Story Ideas
School Calendar
School Calendar
Finding Story Ideas
You
Finding Story Ideas
Other People
Idea TestDoes it interest me enough to spend time on it?
Does the idea have a focus or angle?
Does the topic appeal to a Redlands-minded audience?
Can you get to the right people as information sources?
Does it tell a positive story about your client?
Thinking caps
School Calendar Interesting Topics Teachers doing interesting things
Students doing interesting things
11 Tips for Interviewing People
11 Tips to Interview
People
1. Ask Questions that only the subject can
answer
2. Be interested
3. Do your homework
4. Know what you want to get out of the
interview
5. Have a conversation. Make
eye contact.
6. Design a beginning, middle, and end to
the interview
7. Record your quotes carefully
8. Review and clean up your notes immediately
after the interview
9. Figure out what interests them
10. Push to get anecdotes
11. Dont be afraid to say, “I don’t
understand.”
Interview Exercise
Pick an Angle (make it “newsie”)
Know what you to get
1 anecdote
1+ quotes
A dash of make believe
Interviewees: play the game
Rules of the game
Writing News Releases
News Releases are like Journalism
Provide key information: who, what, where, why, when
News Releases are like Journalism
Tell a story that interests readers
News Releases are like Journalism
Include characters and quotes
News Releases are like Journalism
Writer must think from multiple vantage points
News Releases are like Journalism
Writer must pitch the story to an editor
News Releases are like Journalism
The topic should be “newsie”
News Releases are NOT like Journalism
You’re working for a client
“Journalism’s first loyalty is to citizens”
News Releases are NOT like Journalism
You may not choose to write about the opposing view.
News Releases are NOT like Journalism
Your goals are tied to the client’s business objectives
Organizing and Outlining
Organizing and
Outlining
1. Lead: Anecdote of 2 mothers’ different shopping methods
2. Introduction of main idea: After learning the basics of consignment shopping, you can save lots of money
3. Body: Benefits of consignment shopping (use quotes)
4. Body: Tips to be a good consignment shopper
5. Body: List of local consignment shops
6. Conclusion: anecdote to tie in with learn
Informal Outlines
Christmas Traditions
Gift Giving
homemade presents
Church service
Family Get-togethers
Secret Santa
Cluster Outlines
Article Leads
Body
Conclusion
Outline Exercise
Writing Exercise
Formatting Guidelines
Pitching or Submitting your Story
1. Know the person to whom you are pitching.
2. Introduce yourself to orient them
3. Get their attention
4. Layout some details
5. Wrap it up by with a what’s included statement
Writing Exercise
Getting Paid
Getting Paid
4 Selected Stories – $50 each
2 Selected for newspaper – additional $25
1. Create a professional services invoice template
2. Submit invoice by email to Program Admin in 1st week of the month
1. Your name and contact info
2. Date of Invoice
3. Invoice #
4. Bill to:
5. Description of service and amount (totaled at the bottom)
6. Instructions on how to pay the invoice
7. Terms of payment
8. Thank you message
Invoice Should Have this Information
Mark LeonardPrincipal ictusmarketing.com
mark@ictusmarketing.com
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