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Please fill out this information prior to the pitch meeting. You may be asked any (or all) of these questions about your story at our weekly pitch meeting.

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Subject:

What is this story about? This can be an event, a person, a club, a show, etc. If your story is about an event, such as a meeting or a sports game, write the specific date and time here. You must have a date and time before you pitch.

Angle:

What about this topic will your story cover? This should be a focused, narrow, local-first way of looking at the topic. As a few examples:

• Topic: federal grants
  • Angle: A look at how cuts to NIH grants will affect research projects in different departments at UMass Boston.
• Topic: new executive chef
  • Angle: Executive Chef Jocelyn Aurelien’s plans to improve dining on campus with experimental food and student involvement.

News Values:

What makes this story newsworthy? Pick at least one (ideally more) from the list of news values. Remember, if you can’t identify any, you need to find a new story to pitch or come up with a new angle.

Who, What, Where, When, Why, How?

• Who:
• What:
• Where:
• When:
• Why:
• How: