Lessons from a pro

• “Always going to be demand for content…”

Lessons from a pro

• “Wait, listen, observe, dig…”

Lessons from a pro

• “More is better…”

Lessons from a pro

• “Journalism is inextricably linked to technology…”

Lessons from a pro

• “Hang around the scene, finally somebody will say something…”

Lessons from a pro

• Jack of all trades…

Lessons from a pro

• Be enthusiastic, no matter what you do in life

The attitude of a journalist

The attitude of a journalist

• Question everything

The attitude of a journalist

• Question everything• Be curious: “What’s up with that?”

The attitude of a journalist

• Question everything• Be curious: “What’s up with that?”• Take a different route home

The attitude of a journalist

• Question everything• Be curious: “What’s up with that?”• Take a different route home• Hold people accountable, especially people

who spend taxpayers’ money…politicians and public employees

The attitude of a journalist

• Question everything• Be curious: “What’s up with that?”• Take a different route home• Hold people accountable, especially people

who spend taxpayers’ money…politicians and public employees

• 3,000 stories in one year!

Japanese driving badly• In Japan, a group of exotic car enthusiasts was driving together from Tokyo to

Hiroshima on Sunday• Included were eight Ferraris, one Lamborghini, and two Mercedes• All of the cars collided• Tokyo has wonderful sushi and tempura• Police said the wreck began when a Ferrari driver hit the median while changing

lanes. He then spun across the highway• The other cars plowed into him and each other trying to avoid him• Police would not estimate the damage, but because a used Ferrari sells for at least

$100,000 in Japan, the damage was more than $1 million... and likely much higher• No one was seriously injured, but police in Yamaguchi prefecture said 10 people

were treated for bruises and cuts• Police said some of the cars were completely destroyed• One tow-truck driver said it was the most expensive wreck he’s seen

The plane truth• Tom Wagner is from Louisiana, which has excellent shrimp creole• On Friday he took a United ExpressJet flight from Lafayette heading to Houston,

en route to his eventual destination California to visit family• He decided to take a nap on the flight• When Wagner awoke, he was alone in the dark airplane. The doors were locked.• “I woke up and the lights were out. I was like, what’s going on?” Wagner said.• The United crew somehow missed the sleeping Wagner near the back of the

plane and locked him in• Wagner tried the doors. He then called his girlfriend, who alerted United• 30 minutes later, a crew showed up to let him off• Wagner said “they were like, try to hush hush, keep it quiet”• Wagner said United gave him a $250 voucher, amenities and a room for the

night

Assignment 12/17

• Final class of the semester!• Your assignment: go over your notebook and

then write a 750-word article: “What I learned during 16 weeks of journalism classes.”

Assignment 12/17

• Be specific: demonstrate your knowledge of ledes, quotes, attribution, the five Ws and a H, I can never prepare pancakes in England, real-life lessons from Rod and Harold, inverted pyramid, brites, narration, vivid scenes, nut graf, interviewing, note taking, jouro terms etc.

Assignment 12/17

• Be specific: demonstrate your knowledge of ledes, quotes, attribution, the five Ws and a H, I can never prepare pancakes in England, real-life lessons from Rod and Harold, inverted pyramid, brites, narration, vivid scenes, nut graf, interviewing, note taking, jouro terms etc.

• And finally, address this statement: “Why I would/would not be an excellent journalist if I so chose”