Final Story Outline

Interview Lantern general manager John Milliken
-discuss business side of the paper
-how positions are chosen, budget, advertising, printing
Sit in on a budget meeting
-more business side of the paper
-does business affect the stories/content besides the advertising?
Interview Lantern editor Everdeen Mason
-how stories get chosen
-how she became editor
-What are the editor's responsibilities?
Interview sports editor Zack Meisel
-sports dept. will be focus of article
-how stories are decided on
-what goes into making a story?
--from pitch, to reporting, to writing, to submission, to editing
--how photographers and graphics people work with writers, if at all
--does sports section differ from the rest of the paper?
-follow the development of a single story or photo
Visit the newsroom on an average day
-get a sense of the mood
--rushed? hectic? relaxed? fun? serious?
-how many people involved?
-deadlines
***Added in class***
became a fan of The Lantern Facebook Page
-has over 1800 fans
-can easily contact involved readers of The Lantern
-stories are posted here the night before the paper is published
-usually active discussions on each article via comments
became a follower of The Lantern's twitter account and The Lantern sports twitter
-stories also posted here early
-has over 1400 followers
-can easily contact even more involved Lantern readers