At any story I’m shooting - particularly anyone with possible future real prospects - I shoot at least some photo(s) shot for the Jumbotrons.  That means nil-depth-of-field for a movie-poster-style image emphasizing the subject and nobody else - and especially blurring any “inconvenient” other person(s) as much as possible.  This is especially my goal with any potential future political superstar.
   Such photos - of potential superstars back when they were “nobodies” - have the highest potential payoff, as very few shooters then were shooting them with any gear capable of producing images that could run a half-page of a magazine or a large photo in a daily newspaper.   Yes, you can find photos of a serious presidential contender back when he only was a high-school football star - but not that could run as Time’s front cover!
    My favored settings for this are shutter priority 1/6000, automatic exposure bracketing; this gives me my choice of the best of three nil-depth-of-field images by forcing maximum-possible-open aperture.
   Here’s an example.  After his father’s presidential campaign imploded in 2012, Tagg Romney was urged to run for Senate.  He’d campaigned for his father’s failing campaign - which is where I ended up covering him.  So far, however, he’s shunned any interest in politics.
   Note how the yard signs he’s autographing conveniently work as reflectors!

Shot for the Jumbotrons - Tagg Romney