Week 5: Final Project and Student Response

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Week 5 - Final Project

Final Enterprise News Story

The enterprise news story is a type of specialized story that is not based on breaking news or press conferences. These stories are focused more on the underlying factors that shape those events. Enterprise news stories are driven by keen observation and investigation to really get to the root of the issues that exist.

This final assignment requires you to write one enterprise news story that will be adapted for both print publication and broadcast media. You will choose a story around one of the specialized types of journalism covered in the course: sports journalism, entertainment journalism, business journalism, government journalism, environmental journalism, or cultural journalism. You must choose a real-world publication for which to write the print story and a real-world program for which the broadcast story will appear. Although you will not submit your story to the media outlets, the assignment will require that you understand the organizations as well as the audiences that you are writing to and creating the broadcast script for. You are required to use at least five sources of information for each story.

Topics and Issues

To spark your critical thinking process regarding what to write about, you should access print publications as well as broadcast programs about the genre of specialized journalism covered in this course that interests you most. In addition to your local media outlets, you should also read and view national publications and broadcasts to broaden your scope of knowledge about what is trending in the genre you chose to write in. The Ashford University Library has the following newspaper databases that may also be helpful: Newspaper Source Plus, ProQuest Newsstand, and Canadian Newsstand.

Sources of Information

Gathering information from credible sources is a very important aspect of the journalism field. For this reason, you must provide a variety of credible sources that can be verified. You must use the following types of information sources for this assignment:

· At least one face-to-face or phone interview with a person who can lend credible information for your story

· At least one phone or email interview with a person who has an opposing viewpoint from the first interviewee

· Two statistical or factual pieces of information about the topic or issue

· These sources should come directly from the Ashford University Library. They may be scholarly publications or trade journals that specifically focus on the area.

· Two opposing opinions about the topic or issue derived from CQ Researcher (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· CQ Researcher is a database that offers a collection of opinion articles from experienced journalists on a variety of topics. Your use of this database is strictly for finding and presenting opposing views on the topics. The views may come from the authors themselves or a report on the viewpoints of others.

Writing the Print News Story

For the print news story, you must

· Adhere to the Week Five Magazine Feature Template View in a new window and Associated Press (AP) Style.

· Write about a topic that is current, controversial, and of human interest that relates to the specialized genre selected (sports, entertainment, business, government, environmental, or cultural).

· Develop the story for a real-world print publication tailored to a specific audience.

· Incorporate facts, visual elements, and pull-quotes to enhance the story.

· Differentiate between various facts and opinions on the topic.

· Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions).

The print story must

· Be a minimum of 1000 words and a maximum of 1200 words.

· Use at least five sources of information. The sources must include the following:

· At least one verbal interview (in-person or by phone)

· At least two statistical and/or factual pieces of information about the topic from a credible source

· A report from CQ Researcher that explores the varying opinions on the topic

· Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions).

· Include at least two visual elements (chart, diagram, photograph, etc.) for the written story and utilize a pull quote in the layout.

Check It! Your print news story must be submitted through Grammarly View in a new window prior to submission.

Creating the Broadcast Script

For the broadcast news story script, you must

· Adhere to the Final Enterprise Broadcast Story Script Template View in a new window .

· Write about a topic that is current, controversial, and of human interest that relates to the specialized genre selected.

· Develop the story for a real-world broadcast program tailored to a specific audience.

· Incorporate facts, on-screen images, and video to enhance the story.

· Differentiate between various facts and opinions on the topic.

· Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included in the story (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions).

The broadcast script

· Must be a minimum of 10 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes.

· Must use at least five sources of information.

· The sources must include the following:

· At least one verbal interview (in-person or by phone)

· At least two statistical and/or factual pieces of information about the topic from a credible source

· At least two varying opinions on the topic derived from a CQ Researcher report

· Must include at least three different visual elements scripted into the story.

· Must include a separate source page that is formatted according to the Final Story Source List Template View in a new window .

View the Using Templates View in a new window document for assistance with modifying templates.

Saving Your Work: To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View Saving a Word Document as a PDF View in a new window for steps on how to do this.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.