Having worked through the other lessons in the first section, choose an idea that you might like to pursue as a piece of journalistic storytelling: You could imagine creating a podcast, a photo essay, a blog post, a news story, an OpEd . . . on a topic that matters to you and your community.

Make a 2-minute pitch for your story idea. In two minutes you must answer these questions.

What was the genesis/spark of your idea?

What genre/form will your project take?

What is a brief summary -- including purpose -- of your project?

What are your goals (publication, production, etc.)