ABSOLUTE
Get your subject's senior picture in HIGH RESOLUTION.
DO
Heap on the concrete details!
Make it something the senior will treasure: find what's awesome about him/her
Be SPECIFIC about the life this senior has lived so far.
Spend time with your senior. Use interviews to get him/her to tell you STORIES, MEMORIES, MOMENTS THAT HAVE IMPACTED HIS/HER LIFE.
Find a central metaphor, idea, image or conceit that structures the whole article
Blend LOTS OF INFO into the central image
Surprise us: make the profile just as unique as the person profiled
Share the draft with your subject... get him/her to elaborate, show you more. Revise.
Submit draft one week OR MORE before print date.
AVOID
Cliche
Sap
Lists
Fantasy future
Boring general info presentation