Your first blog stories

Hi all,
  Here is what you will be doing for the first blog stories:
Advancer story on upcoming event - due Feb. 5th on the blog. What you need to do by Thursday:

• Find an event and the contact person
• Email, call, or drop in on the contact person - you will be wanting to know what is different this year from the event last year OR what is happening right now in preparation. 
• 5 graph on the blog Sunday by midnight

Speaker story - either on Political misperceptions - 3 p.m. on Feb. 3rd OR Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo 7 p.m. Feb. 7th. 

• Research before the event
• Arrive earlier, find your "little person" part of the story. Make arrangements to find them later. 
• Listen - take notes.  Look for your lead.
• Ask questions when you are there - of the speaker, of the organizer. 
• Lay out your story and write it.  There is no reason not to get this done earlier while the event and information is fresh in your head.