Pamela TranThe University of Alabama

BEA IGNITE

Ignite Through Interaction

(Not your mother’s fishbowl exercise)

Ignite

Ignite Through Interaction—(Not your mother’s fishbowl exercise!)

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How can we improve The basic skills of our electronic news students?

With an easy practice drill that can be worked into every class and any time you have an extra five minutes….

The basic “formula”

3-shot sequence

60” live shot

A good lead or lead-in

Focused story angle

Good interview questions

Descriptive writing

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Two strong sources

Webadd-ons

Good teases

Good natsound

Localize the story

Interactive bridges

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Then…

Pulla current story idea.

Matchit with a skill from your list.

Picka student to answer/explain/”go-live”/or

“role-play” with another student.

The whole class can join in and learn from the

process.

Variations on the formula

Ethics in action—role-play

Take a note from comedians—Bring a prop box

Old school debate—Team for/team against

Include the professional guest speakers

AddintheNewTech—

You can “draw” the current story from mobile devices

Crowd source—Have grads tweet in

Scavenger hunt—for the best web add-ons

Skype in professionals

Best and Worst Practices—youtube—Bring it!

Vote on the lead story for tonight’s cast…

Youget the idea…Mix it up!

What would you add?

mailto:pam@ua.edu