These are my very extensive notes from the skill share that was hosted by Bruce Wark and Hillary Lindsay this afternoon.
This is a very long article! It also references the hand outs that were given during the talk. I understand that you can obtain these handouts by emailing Bruce: bwark@accesswave.ca
I should note that although this looks like verbatim, I often summarize longer sentences, write things out of order, or paraphrase in an effort to catch up with things. If something doesn't "read" like Bruce or Hillary would say it, it's because of a transcription error.
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Introductions by Hilary – “My pleasure to introduce Bruce Wark, who has been a big supporter of the Halifax Media Co-Op since it got started, taught at King’s College, worked for the CBC, contributes to The Coast”
Bruce Wark – Introductions, asks people to introduce themselves. ~30 people
First part devoted to writing and editing, then Hillary will give a presentation on the media co-op, and then the last part will deal with how to interview. It may seem backward to start with writing and then look at research & interviewing, but I think by examining what you need, by examining the writing, you will see how to go about doing your interviewing.
I like to use a template that helps you structure your material, helps your story and organize it in a way that makes sense and will appeal to readers, and will help you see how to go about beginning, what do you begin with, what is your theme, develop the theme, how to end the piece. The method I teach is commonly used in journalism schools, but isn’t the only way of telling stories, but is a pretty easy and fast way to start organizing your material. If you look at “Story Structure: A No-Fuss Formula”, it’s a piece my spouse uses at her copy-editing course at Kings.
Use this to develop the idea of that template, of how you go about structuring your material. The lead is your beginning and you try and lead with the most interesting way you can to capture the reader’s attention. [See handout]
That’s the way of getting into this hard news story. It tells us who, what,...
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