10-Minute Feature

1. Write down three to five questions in three minutes.

• What made you decide to come to WSU?
• What do you hope to get out of your college education?
• How will WSU prepare you for your future?
• Has anything significant happened that has so far prepared you for life after college?

2. Interview your subject in seven minutes. Use the interviewing skills you've developed to tell us something we don't know about the subject.
 
Patrick McGinnis, junior PR major, dad went here, cougar fam entire life, didn't want to be that far away
 
3. Write a news feature lede about this person.

• Patrick McGinnis has been a cougar fan his entire life. He followed his dad's footsteps in attending Washington State University, and joined a fraternity upon arrival. Through his fraternity he hopes to gain never-ending connections with the world around him.

4. Give us a quote that complements the lede.

• "You never know when you might need someone's help," said McGinnis, a junior public relations student.

5. Publish.