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Ch7 profiles

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Nick Fuller
Nick Fuller

This document discusses different types of profiles used in writing, including profiles of people, places, organizations, and groups. It notes that profiles make abstract topics more concrete by describing subjects in real time based on interviews and observations. The document also covers photo essays, single page profiles combining text and images, and conducting interviews by preparing questions, deciding on a subject and format, setting up the interview, and transcribing and compiling the results.

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The Call to Write, Ch. 7 and 15 (pg. 463-7)
? Devoted to describing and analyzing people and places ? Profiles of ordinary people make concrete and personal what would be abstract and remote ? Can be of people, places, organizations, clubs, a group of people, etc. ? Take place in real time ? Helps readers to visualize people and places ? Writers of profiles often rely on interviews and observations
? People, places, organizations, etc. ? Single page profiles combine text and image and are often used in advertising/campaigns ? Photo essays use photos to tell a story that describes a place, portrays a person, or group of people. ? Interviews
? Interviews are a type of profile in which we come to know the subject in their own words. ? Types of interviews: ? With experts ? With key participants ? Oral histories
? Decide on what subject you would like to interview ? Prepare your interview questions by formulating a list of possible questions to ask your subject ? Consider the type of interview you want ? Face-to-face, telephone, email, online, etc. ? Set up the interview ? After the interview review the results and make notes. Then, transcribe it. ? Construct your finished publication in whichever format is specified or asked for

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Ch7 profiles

  • 1. The Call to Write, Ch. 7 and 15 (pg. 463-7)
  • 2. ? Devoted to describing and analyzing people and places ? Profiles of ordinary people make concrete and personal what would be abstract and remote ? Can be of people, places, organizations, clubs, a group of people, etc. ? Take place in real time ? Helps readers to visualize people and places ? Writers of profiles often rely on interviews and observations
  • 3. ? People, places, organizations, etc. ? Single page profiles combine text and image and are often used in advertising/campaigns ? Photo essays use photos to tell a story that describes a place, portrays a person, or group of people. ? Interviews
  • 4. ? Interviews are a type of profile in which we come to know the subject in their own words. ? Types of interviews: ? With experts ? With key participants ? Oral histories
  • 5. ? Decide on what subject you would like to interview ? Prepare your interview questions by formulating a list of possible questions to ask your subject ? Consider the type of interview you want ? Face-to-face, telephone, email, online, etc. ? Set up the interview ? After the interview review the results and make notes. Then, transcribe it. ? Construct your finished publication in whichever format is specified or asked for