Story Memo

Please complete a memo for each story your produce/write. This memo must be filled out with 24 hours after the story is published.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Full Name(s)
E-mail

STORY INFORMATION

  What type of story was produced?
 
Event    Profile    Trend
Breaking News    Review    Investigative
Info Graphics    Interview     
  What type of media did you use?
 
SoundSlides    Webtalk    Podcast
Text    Weblog    Photo Gallery
Custom Flash          
Headline
URL - Paste the URL to your story below. This is required. If you do not have the information, please wait to submit this memo until you have it

THE TIMELINE

Date the story was due - Yes, when it was supposed to be published


Date the story was published - Not ready, but published


Reason for any delay and who approved the extension

THE process

In the spaces below, please describe in detail the party (or parties) responsible for the production of this online story. This is the only way to document the process and get credit for your work. Be as consise and detailed as possible. If the field is not applicable (audio editing when it's only a text story), enter 'N/A' in the field.

CAPTURE AUDIO - Who captured the audio, were there challenges at the recording environment, was there a problem with the gear? Also, because you will be awarded more points for multiple locations and dates of reporting, please indicate the number below...

Number of locations / dates:

... and explain what you did on those dates and how going on separate dates improved the story:

3-COLUMN SCRIPT - Who wrote the 3-column script, who edited the photos, who sequenced the photos with narrative, who wrote the captions, who approved the script? Were there any challenges in the reporter and photographer collaboration? Please e-mail the final 3-column script to Andrew DeVigal.

EDIT AUDIO - Who edited the audio, who spoke the voice-overs? Which software did you use, were there challenges with this process? Does the final audio narrative match the 3-column script? Why or who not?

FLASH PRODUCTION - Who produced the piece in Flash? Were there challenges in this process?

Comments

How did you feel about the way the story turned out? (Including the quality of the writing, reporting, audio and photos; the placement and the layout of the story; errors made by reporter, editor or photographer).
Please share additional comments below: