Black Friday Shopping During COVID-19 and what the changes might look like
Additional potential angles.
Holiday shopping in general
Cyber Monday
How would you explain the story in ONE sentence?
Black Friday shopping is going to look different this year with many stores not opening on Thanksgiving Day and many people opting to shop online instead.
What are the unanswered questions you hope to explore?
Are the mall’s doors going to be open on Thanksgiving?
What kind of traffic is the mall expecting for Black Friday?
What’s the best medium for the story?
Video
If it’s video: what’s the potential for scenes and dynamic action you can take our viewer through?
People shopping in the mall (or the mall being empty?)
Audio: What are the dynamic sounds we’ll hear to provide interest and emotion?
Crowd noise, register beeps, typing, Christmas music
Interactive/Social Media: How will you get the audience involved to interact with the story?
Instagram poll on social media: Are you planning on going Black Friday shopping this year?
In each story, who are the characters, and are they accessible?
I’m hoping to speak to one of the mall managers and hopefully some holiday
Where do you need to go to tell the story?
The mall
What’s the potential impact of the reporting?
Informing people on holiday shopping during COVID and what the changes might look like
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.
