• Your General Topic
  • Basketball preparing for our upcoming season
• Additional potential angles
  • The requirements for each practice and game we follow due to the pandemic
• How would you explain the story in one sentence?
  • As men’s basketball prepares for our upcoming season it is mandatory to follow the regulations following the pandemic.
• What are the unanswered questions you hope to explore?
  • What precautions do the players take before practice and after?
  • What are some of the regulations that the NCAA has instilled?
  • Do coaches and training staff must be tested alongside the players?
  • What happens if someone test positive from an opposing team?
• What is the best medium for your story?
  • Video
• If it is video: what is the potential for scenes and dynamic action you can take our viewers through?
  • Showing players as they walk in the arena
  • Showing practice in the Colosseum
  • Players lifting weights in the weight room
  • Players getting treatment in the training room
• Interactive/Social Media: How will you get the audience involved to interact with the story?
  • Sharing the video on all platforms
  • Liking the video and participating in the comments
• In each story, who are the characters, and are they accessible?
  • Basketball players, yes are accessible
  • Coaching staff, yes are accessible
  • Athletic Trainers, yes are accessible
• Where do you need to go tell the story?
  • Gross Memorial Coliseum
• What is the potential impact of the reporting?
  • Shows how the team prepares for the season
  • Displays the regulations the team must take before and after practice
  • Promotes hard work the team works and notice of the program
• Has anyone else done this reporting regionally or nationally? How will yours differ from that?
  • Yes, and here is an example:

https://dailybruin.com/2020/10/23/mens-basketball-looks-forward-to-upcoming-season-return-to-court-post-quarantine

• • This story discusses how some of the players adapted to quarantine and what they did to stay fit when they did not have access to a gym. It also states the players minds sets as they get ready for the season. My story will be different because it will give you an inside look of team practices, weightlifting sessions, players getting treatment, and how we follow the safety protocols.