I. INTRODUCTION
YOU KNOW AS MUCH — AND CAN EXPRESS IT AS CLEARLY — AS ANYONE
BUT HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT POINT?
II. THE STEPS
A. OWN THE STORY — GET THE GROUNDING FOR YOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1. SOURCES
2. SCOPE
3. CONTEXT
4. COMPREHENSION
B. THE HOOK — WHAT IS YOUR CENTRAL POINT?
C. THE PITCH — WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
D. THE STRUCTURE — HOW DO YOU TAKE THE READER THROUGH THE STORY AND/OR THE ANALYSIS?
IV. CASE STUDY: 2018 ELECTIONS — FROM REPORTING TO ANALYSIS
A. OWN IT
www.fivethirtyeight.com
www.realclearpolitics.com
http://www.nytimes.com/
Social Media Sites
B. THE HOOK — The Fight for Control
C. THE PITCH — Politics in the Trump Era
D. THE CONTEXT
E. THE STRUCTURE
V. CASE STUDY: TRUMP AS PERFORMANCE ARTIST
VI. CASE STUDY: GUN CONTROL
A. INCIDENT
B. LEGAL CONTEXT
C. POLITICAL/ECONOMIC CONTEXT
D. COMPARATIVE CONTEXT
VII. CASE STUDY: SYRIA
A. OWN IT — GET THE BASICS
BUILD A BASE — https://eaworldview/topics/syria
B. FIND THE HOOK — ONGOING CONFLICT, FRAGMENTED SYRIA
C. THE PITCH — WHY THERE WILL BE NO RESOLUTION
D. THE STRUCTURE
VI. CASE STUDY: IRAN’S ECONOMY
A. OWN IT
twitter.com/khamenei
www.presstv.com
www.irna.ir/en (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
en.radiofarda.com
BASE: https://eaworldview/topics/iran
B. THE HOOK — Iran is in Economic Trouble
C. THE PITCH — How Economy is Reshaping Geopolitics and Nuclear Deal
D. THE STRUCTURE
VII. CONCLUSION — Go Out and Test Yourself
From Idea to Structure to Execution: Do It in a Page, Paragraph, Sentence
