Why did you use these specific quotes for the story? I tried to use the quotes that conveyed emotions from my interviewees and that really explained what it was like to grow up with a family member with a cochlear implant.
Why interview these specific individuals?
• I interviewed Cecilia’s mother, because she has memory of Cecilia’s early years and what it was like to raise Cecilia.
• I interviewed Cecilia to get a first person perspective on cochlear implants and the hearing/deaf community.
Who was your target audience(s)? What specific publication(s) would this be best suited for?
My target audience for this story would be pretty much anyone, but mainly people with an interest in either hearing loss (parents of or individuals with hearing …show more content…
I didn’t go into a lot of the science behind hearing loss or cochlear implants, so the average person can understand even without any prior background knowledge.
Why do you think the lede and nutgraph paragraphs are effective?
I think my lede is creative and effective, because it captures your attention with a catchy phrase that every one has heard and associates with hearing, but in the way of bad reception rather than actual hearing loss. I hope that my lede makes others want to continue reading. I think that my nutgraph is effective, because it give information about my overall topic without giving away all of the information. This makes the reader want to keep reading the story in order to get all of the details.
What is the purpose of your feature? Which appeal/category are you using (pp. 611)? This story could fall under a few categories, but It would most likely be categorized as a medical story, because Cecilia has a significant medical diagnoses, which is the main topic in the story. The book highlights death as a motivator to write about this category, but in Cecilia’s case it is the cochlear implants break through technology and positive aspects that motivated me. This story may also be considered a profile story because it is written about a person and gives a synopsis of their life through interviews from the subject of the story as well as people who know