Diverse Paths to Diverse Stories

Award-winning journalist Jacqui Banaszynski suggests that there are six paths to storytelling (Explanatory, Profile, Issues and Trend, Investigative, Narrative and Descriptive/Day in the life). Thomas T. Huang of Poynter On-line takes her advice one step further and applies it to diversity storytelling. In his example of the "Explanatory Story" he suggests producing a story explaining how immigrants and refugees can or cannot access health care in your community. What benefits are they eligible for? What bureaucratic, cultural or language barriers stand in the way to getting adequate care? Who's providing a safety net? In addition to the six different ways of reporting and telling stories, Huang also offers different ways of "seeing" stories, or, put another way, recognizing and framing stories. Read more online.