Today, each of us stood up and read out the news reports we had chosen.
Every report was discussed.
Vincent D' Souza was the resource person.
A few common questions were: what’s the focus of the report, when did it occur, where did it occur and what information is provided/ what we learn from it.
Again, we came across an instance of how two city-based newspapers had reported on a crime of a torso found in a pond in North Chennai. On report mentioned the body was of a teenager, the other said it was of a man.
In the next session, we had to go through the map we had created of our neighbourhood and find ways in which we would cover it like a 'beat'.
We were supposed to jot down names of public places, private places and interesting people in our locality.
This was to prepare the group for sustained reporting. From Thursday, we will have to file a report a day.
So we discussed ways in which this could be done.
Three ways were suggested.
- spot reports - report an accident or a community event or a show.
- Reports based on places. Check out local libraries and health centres, the beach or local police station.
- Reports on people. They could even be a woman who makes and sells pickles from her house or of a professor who has a cacti garden.
On Wednesday, the group meets at the Annai Velankanni Church in Besant Nagar. We will walk around in the area and try our hand at locating stories and may even have to do one on the spot.
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