Reporter/Historian
Lauren Jones
Southeast District 4-H
Cabinet Ambassador
Hanover Unit
January 19, 2013
Reporter’s Duties
• Writing brief reports of club meetings and
activities
• Write interesting news items
• Make a collection of all newspaper items
referring to club
• Put together a picture/power point
presentation/video of your club activities
What To Include
• Be sure you know WHO? WHAT? HOW?
WHEN? WHERE? and WHY?
• Compose on a computer if you can, if not write
as neatly as you can
Working With Media
• Develop mailing list of local media
• Meet press deadlines
• Send news articles via email if you can to
ensure a quicker turn-a-round.
Telling Your Story
• Attach digital photos
• Read newspaper reports of various clubs
to get ideas
• For small clubs combine the duties of
Reporter and Historian
Write an Article
• Write an article about this weekend retreat
– Bullet your notes with the who, what, how,
when, where, why
– Think of interesting additions to the above
– Make it sound “happy”
– Take your “bulleted” draft and re-write as an
article
Proof Read
The Panda eats, shoots and leaves.
Or
The Panda eats shoots and leaves.