Opinion notes.

Characteristic of column

• A column expresses the personal viewpoints of an individual.
• Includes research and facts.
• Should be fair and accurate in the information they use.
• includes point of view on subjects.

Common types of columns

•  News columns: focus on a recent news event.
• Profile columns: focus on an outstanding individual.
• Fashion and fad columns: focus on trends.
• Club Columns: Focus on activities of campus clubs.
• News maker columns: highlight prominent students, teachers and administrators.

Do

• Vary your subject matter.
• Look for oddities and the unusual.
• Use an offbeat style.
• Keep it short and to the point.
• Admit when you make a mistake.
• Have a genuine interest in your readers.
• Write for your readers instead of yourself.

Don't

• Embarrass anyone without real reason.
• Assume that you always know best.
• Claim all the credit.
• Overuse the word "I"
• Assumes that your ideas and experience are always fascinating to others.
• Hesitate to give both sides of the story.

 

How to do an interview: Tyler Hamilton interview

1. Describe the style of the interview? The style of the interview is Interrogation. 
2. Why is Tyler Hamilton answering the interviewers questions? Because after years wants to break the silence
3. Are the questions accusatory? Some, but he admits that the accusations are true.
4. Does the interviewer make Hamilton feel bad about what he did? I think so, because his face shows this difficulty responding to questions.
5. How does the interviewer let Hamilton tell his story?Let him tell his what happened and then the interviewer starts asking questions
6. Record one quote from Tyler Hamilton that really stands out. This quote should be transcribed from the interview with word-for-word accuracy. "there is a lot of other cheaters too is not just Lance"

The Do's and the Don'ts of Interview Questions

1. Barack Obama - Who or what was your biggest inspiration in life to reach where you are now?

2. Daniel Girard - What do you see as the biggest challenge working with high school students?

3. Adolph Hitler - What advice do you have for people who want to bring back the glory days of the 3rd Reich?

4. Tyler Hamilton - Why did you dope?

5. Lance Armstrong - After returning from cancer, how did you justify putting banned drugs in your body?

Using Quotes Notes

Rules for Using quotes

• if a source expresses opinion, use a quotation.
• A major or complex story needs more than one quoted source..

• Information that contains facts (Who, what, when. where, how, or why) should normally be used as unquoted material. 

Attribution

•  Make sure the speaker of all quotations is properly identified. 
• Use " said" as the verb to attribute the quote

Direct Quotes

• the exact, word for- word account of what a source said, enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to source.

Indirect Quotes ( paraphrases)

• A summary of whatt the speaker said reworded by the reporter

Partial Quotes

•  A combination of a direct quotation  and a paraphrase, attributed to the source.

 Fragmentary quotes

• A singe word or shord phrase used by a source that is included in a paraphrase, enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to the source

 When to Use Different Quotes

• Use direct quotations to express a speaker's unique point of view, personality or manner of speaking
• Use indirect quotes when you need to rephrase what the speaker said to make it more clear to the reader
• Use partial quotes to make colorful or memorable words stand out. But overuse can make writing seem jumpy and too cute.