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By @lachinous & @ferylegas Powered by @RoninPPRR STORYTELLING FOR PRESS

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A course designed to show how to tell a great story and pitch it to the press

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By @lachinous & @ferylegas

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STORYTELLING FOR PRESS

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Facing Press

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What NOT to do

● Discuss confidential information

● Lie, give vanities or “improved” information

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Target Audience

Who’s your who?

● Use the 5 “Whys” to get to them

● What do they read?

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Newsworthy events

1. Conflict2. Context3. Great Deed4. Preeminence 5. Transcendence

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“A dog biting a person is not newsworthy... But a person biting a

dog, that’s interesting. More so if it’s on Youtube and the dog can play

the piano”

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A good story creates:Empathy & Impact

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Stories: How to

1. Intro and setting of characters2. Explanation and state of affairs3. Complicating Actions4. Ensuing events5. Outcome6. Closure/ Ending

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“Put a kitty on a tree, throw some rocks at it and bring it

down”

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1. Plot2. Character3. Ideas/Theme4. Language5. Pattern6. Spectacle (the visual)

Aristotle’s 6 Qualitative Elements of Drama

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