The document discusses 9 types of local stories that generate engagement on social media: place explainers, crowd pleasers, curiosity stimulators, news explainers, major breaking news, feel-good smilers, topical buzzers, provocative controversies, and awe-inspiring visuals. It provides examples of each type of story and encourages picking a real local story and writing a headline that fits one of the 9 types for an assignment.
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9 Types of Local Stories That Cause Engagement
1. 9 Types of Local Stories
That Cause Engagement
July 2013
2. Go here to learn more:
http://n.pr/16X1ATI
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3. -Getting to know your audience with analytics
-Headline writing
-Web writing
-Your daily workflow
-Visual storytelling
-Finding images, videos and stories you need
-Making the most of Facebook.
-Identifying and tracking your community
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5. -Distribution: Sharing your stories as a
station or an individual.
-Reporting: Finding story ideas from your
social media community.
-Creation: Creating stories that people will
share.
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27. The 9 Types of Local
Stories
That Cause Engagement
Place Explainers
Crowd Pleasers
Curiosity Stimulators News Explainers
Major Breaking News
Feel-Good Smilers
Topical Buzzers
Provocative Controversies Awe-Inspiring Visuals
29. The story:
A storm is headed
toward DC
Place Explainers
Crowd Pleasers
Curiosity Stimulators News Explainers
Major Breaking News
Feel-Good Smilers
Topical Buzzers
Provocative Controversies Awe-Inspiring Visuals
30. The 5 worst storms
in DC history
Place Explainers
Crowd Pleasers
Curiosity Stimulators News Explainers
Major Breaking News
Feel-Good Smilers
Topical Buzzers
Provocative Controversies Awe-Inspiring Visuals
31. Everything you need to
know about the storm
hitting DC
Place Explainers
Crowd Pleasers
Curiosity Stimulators News Explainers
Major Breaking News
Feel-Good Smilers
Topical Buzzers
Provocative Controversies Awe-Inspiring Visuals
32. 10 breathtaking photos
of the storm in DC
Place Explainers
Crowd Pleasers
Curiosity Stimulators News Explainers
Major Breaking News
Feel-Good Smilers
Topical Buzzers
Provocative Controversies Awe-Inspiring Visuals
33. Now you go:
Your state has passed
a 10 cent bag tax
Place Explainers
Crowd Pleasers
Curiosity Stimulators News Explainers
Major Breaking News
Feel-Good Smilers
Topical Buzzers
Provocative Controversies Awe-Inspiring Visuals
34. This week’s assignment
Pick one real local story and write
a headline that is one of the 9
types of stories.
E-mail it to: dseditorial@npr.org
Due end of day Thursday