Don't Worry I Have a Few Great Tips for Covering Speeches and Events!

Hey Bill, everything okay? You look confused. Yeah? Oh, you must be worried about covering that big mayoral address tomorrow? Not to worry friend, I'll give a few helpful tips!





You should know a and adhere by a few tips when covering speeches and events:

1.) Get there early!

2.) When choosing a seat or place to stand, be sure it's where you can note audience reaction. This will also help when noting the size of the audience in your article

3.) Have both a tape/digital recorder and notepad.

4.) If there is a question and answer period, you want to prepare your questions before hand. Be sure to listen to others questions as well.

5.) Unless you're on deadline, don't leave immediately afterward. This way you can get the reaction of both the audience and participants.

See I told you not to stress Bill! If you follow these tips you'll be a-okay!

Hey the Egyptian Pyramids Are Inverted To???

Not exactly Cleopatra, but journalist use the inverted pyramid style to write stories:

This style of writing gives all vital information in the beginning of a story and leaves small details of information out until the end. I tend to think of the inverted pyramid style as reading the last page of a book first. You know what's going to happen up front and all the events or details are the previsious pages.

Newspapers are most likely to use this style. The most common story the incorporates the inverted pyramid style are political stories. They make sure the reader has all the facts first.

Here are two examples:

The New York Times:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/gupta-is-out-of-the-running-for-surgeon-general/

The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.townhall05mar05,0,2195141.story