COMM 337: Brainstorming - in class - story ideas

For Tuesday, Oct. 18, read Chapters 1, 2 and 4 in "Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing." No class Thursday, Oct. 13.

brainstorm:
5 stories you can write based on interviews w/ people in spfld
(good starting point – who do you know that will sit down for an interview?)

brainstorm: 5 stories you can write based on interviews w/ people in spfld
(good starting point – who do you know that will sit down for an interview?)
Lincoln’s tomb – museum – house -- political people – higher authority -- int. police chief on why are we the 3rd most dangerous city in the U.S.? -- small biz owners on recession – spfld’s budget as a whole –

int. military, families – people in the medical field – 3rd unsafest city – small, homegrown businesses – a lot of ag stuff around spfld
aftermath of davlin’s death – aftermath of corr. cuts on families – record temps, econ environment – dancers schools, etc. –
unemployment – eff on local biz – politicians on spfld economy – students on debt, -- concealed carry – local who are for or against it (“vox pop” – vox populi vox dei )
SCI alum – how their ed is compared to what it will be – spfld airport on how the bus has gone over the last 10 years, what changed it – Lincoln stuff and tourism and the economy – professors here and UIS about lit, mags, competitions in the area – spfld roadrunners 0r other club re: races in the area

mixed martial arts facility – 3rd rated crime – inflation rising prices, shoppers gas stations gold investment centers – tsa and security – sports fans (patdowns at NFL events) – unemployment – graduates and undergrads –

spotlight play – theater in the park, Hoagland – mom SHA social programs – involving fathers in children’s lives in projects – feature on presidential museum and library –
spfld as capital – government – jaycees haunted house – ill state fair – senior news editor – lincoln museum –
coordinator of rte 66 car show – horseshoes -