Dear Folks—
some of you are not near ending, but most of you are drawing near. Please use this thread to describe to us at least ONE THING you learned during your internship, what surprised you about it, and how you plan to carry it forward....
Still haven’t heard from some of you on Almost Home thread… What you want to accomplish is different from what you have learned… in the end, guess it all goes to the same place… let’s break it down.
Go Team.
See at least some of you in Nashville…
Long drawn out “soft” ledes are becoming a thing of the past.
Narrative as we once knew it is almost non-existent.
So-- How do we tell a “news” story in a compelling, interesting, non-hard news way without making our editors crazy?
Any good ones? Good examples? Use of v. short narrative-type ledes that still get to the news quickly? Anyone turn a “hard-news story” into a compelling tale without violating the no-space rule?
DEADLINE: WED 7/23. (Don’t forget to visit Starbucks and tell us your life story....)
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Welcome to STARBUCKS, the place where we will just hang to talk about stuff that doesn’t have anything to do with training or journalism or internships. It’s just a coffee-break place, where you can order a Mochachino and yack about your pet, your sports team, your boyfriend (not too many details, please!), or anything you feel like yacking about.
This is your Place To Visit, not to bend your brain.
Please visit. Place your order. Let’s chat. 
Folks—some of you are coming to the close of your internships… Others are half-way there (see question in Starbucks about mid-term review)
Question:
What ONE THING do you want to accomplish by the end of your internship?
—A particular story?
-- a story approach?
--- a chance to ....what?
-- a lunch with your ed?
-- a job offer?
Tell us, and tell us what steps you plan to take to GET THERE—and how we can help you!
I would like to use this thread as a place to talk about multimedia, to ask Aaron questions, to voice issues, and most of all, to post any multimedia bits (links to, pls) you guys do during your internships. We are so lucky to have Aaron with us in this merry little Chipster band—I want to give him this special place to address people’s concerns and to give all of us advice as needed!
MULTIMEDIA ROCKS!
Writing Goals:
1. Getting rid of all the clauses and commas that I love.
2. Writing simple, short concise sentences.
3. Keeping one idea to one graph.
4. Smoother, tighter transitions.
General Journalism Goals:
1. I need to find a current reporter who has a writing style that I admire and read them religiously. Does anyone have any suggestions? That way, I can absorb some good writing techniques and styles.
General Career Goals:
1. Since I only have two classes the last semester after my internship, I have some free times on my hands. I want to develop relationships with editors in my area about freelancing, so I’ll want to send them clips throughout my internship and keep in touch with them throughout the summer.
Thanks guys! Have a nice day! Miss you all already!
-Rachelle Leah Gines
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let ‘er rip.
also—keep the nutgraf thing going… we are starting to get somewhere. Later today I will post a few more GOOD EXAMPLES (a la Jose’s sado-maso one....) Also… don’t forget to order at Starbucks.
]]>Any and all. Best idea response wins an astounding prize!!!
Deadline JJune 18. Don’t forget to check in with the latest at STARBUCKS. Keep posting to ledes when and if you have a good one (or a question about a bad one...)
See ya
]]>-- anyone have trouble with them?
-- have a hard time finding?
-- forget to add?
-- What the heck IS a nut graf? (seems like everyone has a different opinion!) What are they supposed to do?
-- do all stories have “nut grafs,” or just the ones with featurey ledes?
-- Can you post an example of a good one (include lede up to it...) that you have done, or that you have seen?
-- more the merrier.
ANYONE NEED FEEDBACK ON ONE THEY ARE WORKING ON TODAY???
(remember—I am available for private discussion/chat/ story review/ brainstorming/troubleshooting via email mahogan at aol dot com)