Concepts of a lede.

  • Pitch idea in open meeting, hope that it gets accepted
  • Get some motivation (go outside and touch grass for once)
  • Find a header image—try Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, maybe reach out to the illustration team enough in advance (fail to do so in time)
  • Draft a rough outline
  • Expand later with more details or juicy gossip or whatever’s going around the rumor mill
  • Pop culture references could be good, specifically the election
  • Ask fellow Bwog staffers if the post is good (cannot trust personal judgment, especially considering last Friday…)
  • Try to make the article funny (could mention traumatic JJ’s incident?? might be too much)
  • Duoble chekc for speling erorrs
  • Tell Carol (bless her heart!) that the article is in WordPress (do not make the same mistake as last week)
  • Wait in anticipation for article to go up
  • Celebrate?

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