Earlier this month I offered some ideas for how journalists can produce better daily stories.
The need is obvious. Thanks to the production demands confronting understaffed newsrooms, reporters and editors are increasingly favoring stories that can be done in a day (or less.)
But that doesn’t mean those stories need to be thin, predictable or boring. They don’t have to be kiss-offs.
Daily stories can be good stories. Sometimes, they can be great stories.
I’d like you to send me a daily story that you’re proud of.
Send me a daily story that you took beyond the routine. Maybe you elevated a straightforward assignment with a great interview, a vivid scene or strong character development. Maybe you offered your audience thoughtful analysis of an important issue. Maybe you told you story from an unusual point of view. Maybe you effectively used multimedia.
The only requirement is that you reported, wrote and produced the story in one day.
In addition to a link to the story, send me a paragraph explaining how you approached the story. Did you take a risk? Try something new? Mimic a device you saw elsewhere?
How did you do it?
Send links to your stories to bward@poynter.org. I’ll share them in the coming days. Let’s help each other do better daily stories.
