{"id":1138,"date":"2018-11-13T02:34:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T02:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2018-11-13T02:34:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T02:34:43","slug":"put-the-juice-in-says-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2018\/11\/13\/put-the-juice-in-says-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Put the \u2018Juice\u2019 In, Says Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Prof. Pam Frederick&#8217;s Neighborhood News class \u2014 which produces a website for Hunter students called the <a href=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Athenian<\/a> \u2014 picked the brain of former <em>GQ<\/em> editor and freelance reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinGordonX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Gordon<\/a> during a late October visit.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1140 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-150x150.png\" alt=\"Devin Gordon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-76x76.png 76w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/DGordon_drawing-115x115.png 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gordon discussed breaking into the business with an internship, prepping for interviews and as he put it, &#8220;expanding your storytelling palette&#8221; with detail, and by finding more ways to write about the source&#8217;s environment.<\/p>\n<p>He also stressed the importance of knowing your audience and finding a way to engage them in every paragraph. The goal is to make your story different and original.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to put juice in every sentence,&#8221; said Gordon, who recently wrote about the <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.hunter.cuny.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=isbBGkakb93WAEv-6MO5wTHDRifa_nUvX_ZJdg-CWOeFMoPfHkTWCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2018%2f09%2f25%2fmagazine%2fmets-baseball-gary-keith-ron.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mets announcers<\/a> for<em> The New York Times<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.hunter.cuny.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=kY1dd0gy-Eh34fcXux3A2gYaV8Gt1jvT9dhru2IvpfKFMoPfHkTWCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gq.com%2fstory%2fjames-harden-houston-rockets-mvp-not-playing-around\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Harden for <em>GQ<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Prof. Pam Frederick&#8217;s Neighborhood News class \u2014 which produces a website for Hunter students called the Athenian \u2014 picked the brain of former GQ editor and freelance reporter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage_news","category-journalism-program-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}