Breaking News

Choose any breaking news story in history (for example, Nixon resignation, Challenger explosion, Elvis or Marilyn dies) and decide how, if that story had broken in the multimedia age of today, you would cover it.

• Outline how you would report the story with multimedia.
• Detail who you would talk to and what elements you would include.
• Look for photos, video, the original news stories to include in your report.
• What's the headline? What's the summary/tease?
• Other multimedia ideas: video, audio, graphics, timeline, maps, slide show, audio slide show, poll, etc. Think about what multimedia is most relevant to the story you choose.

Post your report on the class blog by Tuesday, Sept. 30. (Use the headline for your blog post title and start with the summary/tease).

Here is a good example from last semester's class:  Marilyn Monroe dead at 36

Look at this for some guidance: Multimedia story planning with storyboards

Story idea examples:

• Nixon resigns from Presidency.

  Video, MOS, poll, timeline of events leading up to his resignation.

• Challenger explosion.

  Graphic showing how the rocket works and what went wrong.  

  Interactive graphic taking it through the sky and to its fall.

• Pearl Harbor.

  Video. Maps. Photo slideshow.

• Man walks on moon.

  Virtual graphic. MOS, poll. Photo slideshow.