My Attempt At Pitching

Idea: When Crusading goes too far

Tweet format thing: Well that escalated quickly. Campus crusaders go from a simple survey to showing up at students bedroom door.

Explanation: If you haven’t heard from them, you’ve heard of them. Members of the Christian group Campus Crusaders could be found campus wide at the beginning of fall semester asking students to fill out a short survey, offering a buy one get one free coupon for each survey completed. After obtaining students information, Crusaders began to e-mail, text message, call, and even go as far as knocking at the door of survey takers. While it is the groups goal to spread knowledge about Christianity and increase religious involvement, some students believe the crusaders go too far. Even after expressing they are not interested in the group, students claim they have continued to be contacted. This could be covered from the point of view of students that feel their privacy has been invaded as well as from members of the Crusaders justifying their methods of contacting students.

Idea: Profit of partying

Tweet format thing: A college students dream: making a profit out of partying.

Explanation: You can’t have a college house party without alcohol, and you can’t have alcohol without spending money. But what if there was a way you could make a profit from drinking? This piece will provide a detailed info graphic with statistics on how much alcohol is consumed at an average house party, how much glass and aluminum containers are worth and the profit that could be made by turning in the empty containers that come from a party.

Idea: Where all the good people went

Tweet format thing: Jack Johnson asked, “where’d all the good people go?” Well, we went searching and found out.

Explanation: Traditional news focuses on certain people when they are part the public eye or involved in a crime or tragedy. To give viewers a break from hard news the newscast would feature someone who has done something commendable each episode. The tone could range from comical to serious depending on who is covered. For example, one person could be a student on campus that donated their time to take children trick or treating throughout campus while another could be someone who donated a kidney or went on a mission trip.