{"id":107,"date":"2016-08-10T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/?p=107"},"modified":"2016-10-26T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T20:01:55","slug":"module-7-topmatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/module-7-topmatter\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 7: Topmatter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are transitioning from gathering material\u2014reporting\u2014to writing. We\u2019ll start at the top of the story with the key elements that will hook readers in: the headline (hed), lead paragraph\/section (lede), and the paragraph that previews the story, the nut graf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify heds, ledes and nut grafs in other work<\/li>\n<li>Critique heds, ledes and nut grafs<\/li>\n<li>Write heds, ledes, and nut grafs for own stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Steps to completion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Background:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/2014\/avoiding-suitcase-leads-can-help-reporters-and-readers-sort-out-the-truth\/238198\/\">Roy Peter Clark on suitcase ledes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/2014\/and-now-for-some-really-bad-ledes\/248149\/\">Really bad ledes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/2014\/ok-now-lets-read-some-good-ledes\/248285\/\">Really good ledes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lede video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"863\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/icrmQVmOjVM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Nut graf video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"863\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jdhOclFlmBU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a story from the Don van Natta list or elsewhere with a great lede. Using the categories in the lede video, what kind of lead is it? Does do what Edward R. Murrow told Nancy Dickerson a lede should do?* What drew you to it? Write a short blog post linking to the story and evaluating the ledes in the Module 7 category using the \u201clede\u201d tag by Oct. 17.<\/li>\n<li>I will assign you a partner in the class. Critique each other\u2019s profile&#8217;s ledes and nut grafs along the following lines:\n<ul>\n<li>What kind of lede is it?<\/li>\n<li>Does it highlight the main character in the story?<\/li>\n<li>Does it draw the reader into the story?<\/li>\n<li>Does it work with the headline?<\/li>\n<li>Does the nut graf hook you in and make you want to read the rest of the story?<\/li>\n<li>Share with your partner and me as Dropbox Paper by Oct. 19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reflective:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class discussion Oct. 18: Effective ledes and nut grafs<\/li>\n<li>Class discussion Oct. 20: Discuss peer revisions and finalize top matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exploratory<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Story packages for news analysis and pick-your-own stories due\u00a0Nov. 1<\/li>\n<li>Ledes and nut grafs for same due Nov. 4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* See the Dropbox Paper doc I shared with you at the beginning of the semester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: We are transitioning from gathering material\u2014reporting\u2014to writing. We\u2019ll start at the top of the story with the key elements that will hook readers in: the headline (hed), lead paragraph\/section (lede), and the paragraph that previews the story, the nut graf. Learning objectives: Identify heds, ledes and nut grafs in other work Critique heds, ledes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/module-7-topmatter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Module 7: Topmatter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-7","category-modules"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Ndkv-1J","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}