What’s Due — Pitch for Final Story due Sunday April 27 @ 11:59 PM

Very much looking forward to reading the pitches for your final articles. Reminder that this final, newsy feature should be about 1500 words, have at least 5 sources and will make up 30 percent of your grade. The stronger your pitch, the easier it will be to report and write the story.

Your pitch is due on Sunday April 27 @ 11:59 PM. Please post it in this google folder. It must have:

1. A headline and (also, preferably) a subhed.
2. A news angle of some sort — why this article at this time or what’s new/what’s changed? It’s critical to include evidence to back up the central argument of your story. The pitch, at best, can serve as a nut graph.
3. A reporting plan. Doesn’t need to be totally detailed but you should be thinking about who those 6 sources are.
4. Here’s an example of a pitch for a story about growing numbers of human-animal interactions for you to follow. Note, the amount of evidence and data to back up the central idea.