writing the feature profile
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Writing the feature profile
Tommy Thomason
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Why profiles?
Profiles tell the stories of people we know or know about. We know what – profiles tell us how, and give us the why behind the what
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What’s in a profile?
The life facts not generally known
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What’s in a profile?
The life facts not generally knownA picture of the person at work or at play or at home
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What’s in a profile?
The life facts not generally knownA picture of the person at work or at play or at homeWhat has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s life
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What’s in a profile?
The life facts not generally knownA picture of the person at work or at play or at homeWhat has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s lifeGoals/obstacles
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What’s in a profile?
The life facts not generally knownA picture of the person at work or at play or at homeWhat has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s lifeGoals/obstaclesHow the target is different from others/how the target is the same
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What’s in a profile?
The life facts not generally knownA picture of the person at work or at play or at homeWhat has made this person who he/she is -- the turning points in the target’s lifeGoals/obstaclesHow the target is different from others/how the target is the sameWhat motivates the target
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Getting started on your profile What will you
need?
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Scheduling and conducting the primary interview
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A theme/focus
for the story Secondary interviews
Background
info on your
source Observations
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What will your story look like?•a lead or a lead
element•a nut graf•the body of the story, which may include several topics•an ending
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A checklist on profiles…
What will you need to produce a good profile?a controlling idea/themethat theme expressed in a nut grafan attention-getting lead elementinsight....whysanecdotes/storiesvisual writing...show, don’t tellmultiple sources; visual as well as oral good quotes and judicious use of paraphrases at least a good attempt at an ending
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Want to seesome examples
of profiles?
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