Journalism 100 “Person on the Street” Story Assignment
For this assignment you must interview a minimum of 12 University of La Verne students on the subject the class decides and organize your story – in inverted pyramid style – around their responses to your question as follows:
• Paragraph One: Summary lead: results of this (informal) survey; reflect the majority viewpoint, if there is one.
• Paragraph Two: Nutgraph: Give the background, context, which in this case involves an explanation of how and why the information in the lead was obtained.
• Paragraph Three: A quote by someone speaking for the majority, which backs up the lead.
• Paragraph Four through end: Information, details and quotes in descending order of importance.
Story must also include:
• Dissenting/minority opinion(s) and at least one quote by someone representing a minority viewpoint;
• A summary paragraph or two about the broader issue, if applicable.
• News stories must include complete source lists. The source list is not included in your word count. It must be typed on a separate piece of paper and stapled to your story. It must include your interview sources’ name, city of residence and current daytime phone number. * A note on identifying sources within your “Person on the Street” story: Include the source’s full name, class in school (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior), his or her major and where he or she is from on first reference.

For example:
“I’m not going to vote for Barack Obama,” said Susan Sandoval, a junior philosophy major from Fresno.
If you quote the same person a second time, attribute as follows:
“I support Mit Romney because he’s rich,” Sandoval said.
-----------------------------------------------------------Your story should be between 450 and 500 words.
• Writing requirements: You assignment must be a Word doc file, typed and double-spaced. Include your name, the date, the course name, the assignment name, and your total word count on the upper left-hand side of the page. Your assignment must conform to the
Associated Press Style and be thoroughly proofread for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
DUE: Monday, Oct. 12, at the beginning of class.
• Submit to Blackboard: Submit your completed assignment to Blackboard. There will be a page for this specific assignment.