Time and time again, audiences tell us they want to feel connected to their communities through journalism and storytelling that makes them feel something. So, how can you break through the sea of sameness that afflicts so much of local news? Join a professional broadcast reporter to learn several tried-and-true writing and storytelling techniques you can bring back to your classroom or newsroom to immediately boost the emotional connection viewers will have after watching your stories, so they'll remember them long after they're over.
20251114T080020251114T0845America/ChicagoStories that stick: Tips to make your journalism memorableTime and time again, audiences tell us they want to feel connected to their communities through journalism and storytelling that makes them feel something. So, how can you break through the sea of sameness that afflicts so much of local news? Join a professional broadcast reporter to learn several tried-and-true writing and storytelling techniques you can bring back to your classroom or newsroom to immediately boost the emotional connection viewers will have after watching your stories, so they'll remember them long after they're over.Delta Ballroom CJEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Conventionamber@jea.org