Class 1/23

In class today, I modeled a Multimedia Publication presentation with one of my favorite dearly departed websites, Grantland.

Then we discussed the qualities that made for a good story:

• Timeliness (how recent, have we only just found out?)
• Impact (how many people are affected?)
• Proximity (down the road or the other side of the world?)
• Controversy (are people in disagreement about this?)
• Prominence (anyone famous, prominent or infamous involved?)
• Currency (are people talking about it? This is a great guide to picking up on things we have missed)
• Oddity (how out of the ordinary is it?)

Finally, we talked about the value of starting with a good hook, not only to draw your readers' attention but also to set up a question for you to follow.