Investigative Journalism Recap

What is a lead?

• The conclusion
• Most important part of a story
• The people named in your story
• You are are the lead as the writer

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The 5 important questions in journalism are:

• who, what, where, when , why,

• what do we get to eat?

• What's your name?

• who, what, why, because, then

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A great way to get your reader's attention at the beginning of your article is to:

• Introduce the problem directly.

• Give background information on the issue or topic.

• Stage an interesting scene that hints at the issue.

• Any of the above!

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The most important step in writing your article is:

• Gathering facts

• Coming up with a catchy headline

• Finding pictures

• Revising

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The first thing a journalist has to do is:

• Write the article.

• Come up with a cool title.

• Find drama and observe it.

• Interview people.

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A call to action at the end of the story is your chance to:

• Summarize the story.

• Tell your reader what you want them to do.

• Give more facts about the issue.

• Write a good metaphor.

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Most news articles are written in what perspective?

• 3rd person

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 4th person

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When you find good information on a website, you should:

• Copy/paste it into your article

• Summarize it in your own words, and say where you got it

• Steal it!

• ignore it, it might be fake news.

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Which of these is a good, reliable news source:

• Instagram

• The Dallas Morning News

• Wikipedia

• Snapchat

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Things I should use in my news article:

• Quotation marks

• The word "I"

• my own opinions

• stuff I found on wikipedia

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