How to turn in your story ideas--

Story ideas are coming along, but you need to start developing ideas that are more focused. Many of you have broad story topics that don't mean a whole lot. Just think: focus, focus, focus. It's kind of like a mini-thesis statement.

This is all you need to turn in on for your daily story ideas:

Schools Safer Than Ever/Werdehausen
School Violence is lower than 20-30 years ago.
Statistics/books/Professor Percy @ MSU MJF
Evergreen or next big school violence issue
Parents, students, grandparents

*My suggestion with this example: I would try to narrow my focus and find an emotion that goes along with this, such as: "Despite high-profile violence cases, professors are eager to report that school violence is down from three decades ago." OR "Students shocked to hear that there are fewer school violence cases now than three decades ago."

The reason for finding an emotion?? It helps you write clearly and with focus. If you know recognize how people feel, it's easier to set the tone for the story. You can try to anticipate how people feel before you get the story, but that may change once you get your interviews.