Newshunter: Science Fiction
She was hunting the news when the news found her. In years to come, she would wonder if somehow she'd lured it to herself by wanting, so passionately, to scoop the big story. The newsfeeds were rough on newcomers, mocking them for newbies and pointing out their every mistake, while allowing them no budget and no fan network. You had to get that yourself. She'd started to build her network, just a couple hundred people, but she could tell--she knew she was getting close. When it found her, she would have danced for joy to see how her numbers skyrocketed as one person told another what was happening. Get that close to death, and you've got a tag on a fan's friend page for life, or at least for a year or so until they cull.
Inspiration: I was going to Google News to glance at the science stories for inspiration, but the clock ticked over before I got that far, and it was time to start writing.
Story Potential: High--sort of.
Notes: This isn't, in an of itself, a good story idea. But I really love the idea of using this as a paradigm shift for future society, in terms of how news gets done. That said, it's still not too original. Too close to what's actually happening--but then, we do live in the future.
Inspiration: I was going to Google News to glance at the science stories for inspiration, but the clock ticked over before I got that far, and it was time to start writing.
Story Potential: High--sort of.
Notes: This isn't, in an of itself, a good story idea. But I really love the idea of using this as a paradigm shift for future society, in terms of how news gets done. That said, it's still not too original. Too close to what's actually happening--but then, we do live in the future.