MediaNowSTL Handouts

Handouts
Beat Reports and Beat System
“Lead Writing” — PowerPoint
Lead writing 101
Gold Coins in Narrative Writing
Narrative writing example(“Muslims Face Discrimination…” By Victor Xu)
Journalism Style 101
Anecdote Assignment HONY examples
Beat Report Example
Social Media Writing Tips
Writing for Web
Headline Writing 101
Cutline Writing

Helpful links
Beat reporting (audio)
Everybody Has a Story (Steve Hartman)
Humans of New York

Blog examples
Derrick Goold’s Birdland (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Nicholas Kristof’s Facebook page (New York Times)
Perez Hilton
Student blogs (HiLite)
Serial (Podcasting)

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