Accepted Formats: YoungCurrent #SummerOf16
Interview: Bring to us some fresh ideas through a set of thought-provoking questions and an insightful conversation! Address the topic by conducting interviews with your parents, teachers, peers or any other significant member of the society who you think has something important to say.
Photo Essay: Have you seen something that ought to be seen by everyone?Tell us about it! “A picture is worth a thousand words”, they say. Share your stories with us through a relevant photograph or a set of images and an accompanying narrative.
Informational Article: You may have done this before. You should do it again! Write a short piece or a story on the topic given and convey your opinions as clearly as possible. You can choose to agree, disagree or be neutral, but say something nevertheless!
Video Essay (with audio): Movies are the most powerful media we know. They make us think, feel and emote. Make a movie of your own and tell us a story! Explore the topic as imaginatively as you can through a ___ seconds/minutes video and accompanying text, with a clear narrative voice-over. We’d like to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth!
Open Letter: Some say that letter writing is a lost art. Here’s your chance to tell everyone why it isn’t! In a world of smileys and selfies with little being said, write a letter. Pen your powerful thoughts, based on the topic, and address it to an important personality.
Cartoon: Nudge the artist inside you and give us your take on the topic! Be it black & white, grey or technicolour, send in your engaging sketches and compel us to sit up and take note of the next artist in town.
Poster: You know what a poster is, don’t you? Of course you do! Well, we want you to make one. Follow these simple instructions and become a poster master!
1. Summarize the topic with a set of facts and figures. Make sure to highlight the most important feature of the topic through the text.
2. Be as visual as possible. Go all out creative with compelling images, charts or even speech bubbles! But don’t lose sight of the material. Remember that information is conveyed best when it’s made interesting.
3. The text should be precise, clean and legible. Not more than ___ words. You can always use bullets and numbers to organise your thoughts better.
Review: How often do you tell others what to listen to, read, watch and eat? Always? Never? Either way, at YoungCurrent we want you to be the judge of what’s around you! Here’s how you can write a review in 3 simple steps:
1. Familiarize yourself with the article. Be it a book, song, dish or movie, you can only be an effective critic if you’ve had a taste of it. Listen to the song before telling everyone why it isn’t good. A good critic is a responsible one.
2. Describe the article for the reader, but briefly. Don’t tell them everything about it. Just give them an idea about it in a few sentences. The other details can feature in the following section.
3. Jot down your thoughts on it. Why do you like it? Why do you not like it? What’s its best feature? What could have been avoided? Does it do what it’s meant to do? Find answers to these questions and you are all set to write a great review!
