Journalism 133: Prof. Craig: Working With Reporters

Working With Reporters

The assigning editor's job goes beyond just fixing mistakes in a story.  Editors must work with reporters on generating and developing story ideas that are relevant to their outlet's audience.  In this exercise you will work in the groups below -- one of you as the reporter and one as the editor. 

You will work together to take a national or international story and give it a local angle for a story to be written for this class.  For the purposes of this assignment, "local angle" isn't limited to something specific to SJSU, but rather to our local area. 

The two of you should work together on choosing a story idea, an approach that localizes the story and a preliminary list of people you would seek to interview.  You will meet in your assigned groups for the remainder of the class period, then present your story ideas next time.  I will remain on the Zoom call in case you have questions. 

Groups for exercise:

Group No.	Role	Name
1	Reporter	Benny Garcia
	Editor	Katie Hoedt
2	Reporter	Denise Billones
	Editor	Olivia Gerber
3	Reporter	Kylie Harrop-St. John
	Editor	Stephanie Lam
4	Reporter	Daniel White
	Editor	Lexie Shezifi
5	Reporter	Rodri Smith
	Editor	Elsa Castro
6	Reporter	Felix Oliveros
	Editor	Leslie Magana
7	Reporter	Royvi Hernandez
	Editor	Dominique Huber
8	Reporter	Kenia Bustos-Caballero
	Editor	Samantha Herrera
9	Reporter	Cindy Maciel
	Editor	Andrea Briseno
10	Reporter	Isalia Gallo
	Editor	Breanna Corona