Writing for the Public

1. Now that you have accomplished the interview, what will be the purpose of your profile? What angle might you take for the profile?

2. Who is your audience for this profile? Why would they be interested in this profile and purpose? What specific aspects of the interview will be important to them?

3. The project for your profile should be to shed light on both the person and the issue. What will your readers learn about the issue through this profile on this person?

4. What did you find interesting or compelling about the interview? What new news came out? Notate information that you found new and compelling.

5. What are the key ideas that surfaced in the interview that you want to cover?

6. What background information did you discover? How will this information aid in the support the purpose of the profile?

7. A profile relies on deep description and detailed information concerning the person under study. What descriptions and telling details might you include about your subject?

8. What research might you do to help you to compose the profile?

9. What information turned out to be extraneous? What won’t you use? Why?

10. What questions do you have about the profile?