1. Writing the feature profile Tommy Thomason

2. Why profiles? Profiles tell the stories of people we know or know about. We know what – profiles tell us how, and give us the why behind the what

5. A picture of the person at work or at play or at home

7. A picture of the person at work or at play or at home

8. What has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s life

10. A picture of the person at work or at play or at home

11. What has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s life

12. Goals/obstacles

14. A picture of the person at work or at play or at home

15. What has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s life

16. Goals/obstacles

17. How the target is different from others/how the target is the same

19. Scheduling and conducting the primary interview

20. A theme/focus for the story Secondary interviews Background info on your source Observations

21. What will your story look like? •a lead or a lead element •a nut graf •the body of the story, which may include several topics •an ending

22. A checklist on profiles… What will you need to produce a good profile? a controlling idea/theme that theme expressed in a nut graf an attention-getting lead element insight....whys anecdotes/stories visual writing...show, don’t tell multiple sources; visual as well as oral good quotes and judicious use of paraphrases at least a good attempt at an ending

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