Preliminary Story Planning
Names: ________________________________________________________________________
1. Spread Topic: _____________________________________________________
2. Possible Story Topic (Brainstorm as many as you can think of):
3. Chosen Topic (Pick the best one from the list above) and complete this web:
4. Who needs to be interviewed? (Remember to identify a variety of people associated)
Name
Why chosen
Where can they be found
for an interview
5. What questions can we ask interviewees to help build a story around this topic? (If they are
person-specific, put the persons name in parenthesis after the question)
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