2. Karel van den Berg
Windesheim School of Media
BEA IGNITE
Pattern Breaking News

3. My first
journalistic
tool (1986)

4. Little
has
changed

5. new
questions
Intellectual
tradeknown
answers

6. News might
start
with an event,
journalism
always
starts with an
idea

7. Why don’t you
teach them
their most
valuable tool?!

8. Freelance
journalist
(2009)
Uh...

9. Please
stand by
Waiting for
connection
with the right
brain
Deadlines
don’t wait

10. Journalists
rarely dance or
finger-paint

11. Journalistic
creativity

12. 50
news roommeetings
150journalists
Journalistic
box

13. Expert

14. Creativity =
breaking
patterns

15. You teach
them patterns!

16. creativity
imagination
postponement
of judgement
journalism
facts
critical
thinking
PARADOXES
credits: Reporters Without Borders

17. journalistic
creativity
keep
looking
keep
thinking
keep
asking
credits: Reporters Without Borders
credits:ReportersWithoutBorders
PARALLEL

18. How many
angles
in
journalism?

19. who
what
when
where
why
how
The 18
angles of
journalism?

20. who
what
when
where
why
how
else?
else?
else?
else?
else?
else?
The 18
angles of
journalism?

21. who
what
when
where
why
how
else?
else?
else?
else?
else?
else?
too?
too?
too?
too?
too?
too?
not?
not?
not?
not?
not?
not?
find within
the topic
associate with
other
situations

22. ...but also how
to break them!
So teach ‘em
journalistic
patterns...