It is time to start thinking about your final story. This can be on any topic. But, the story requires:

• Two real-time, socially distant interviews and
• A total of five different story sources.
• If you want to stick with print, it should be a big-data or other investigative story that includes additional visual and hyperlinked elements.

In your pitch, tell Nick, Russell, and me about:

• Your General Topic
• Additional potential angles.
• How would you explain the story in ONE sentence?
• What are the unanswered questions you hope to explore?
• What’s the best medium for the story?
• If it’s video: what’s the potential for scenes and dynamic action you can take our viewers through?
• Audio: What are the dynamic sounds we’ll hear to provide interest and emotion?
• Interactive/Social Media: How will you get the audience involved to interact with the story?
• Print: What are the dense details that make this much more in-depth than your weekly story?
• In each story, who are the characters, and are they accessible?
• Where do you need to go to tell the story?
• What’s the potential impact of the reporting?
• Has anyone else done this reporting regionally or nationally? How will ours differ from that?
  • REQUIRED: At least three news stories on this topic or a related topic that helps show what has been done on the story in the past.