Investigative Journalism

What is a Lead in a news article?

• Answers the questions who, what, where, and when

• is a long introduction to the article

• has quotations from witnesses

• contains who wrote the article

What is the byline?

• the title of the article

• contains the name of the place where the story took place

• the secondary heading of the article

• contains the name of the person who wrote the article

What is a "quotation"?

• dialogue which has these symbols ' ' around it

• the lead of the story

• another name for the headline of the article

• dialogue that has these symbols " " around it

Why are news reports written?

• to inform the world of the terrible stories that lead to unfortunate events

• to inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

• to make sure people have jobs

• to give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

What is a headline?

• the person who wrote the article

• the beginning of the actual article

• the end of the actual article

• the title of the news report

The order of an article is...

• lead, headline, byline, and body paragraphs

• headline, body paragraphs, lead and byline

• headline, byline, lead, and body paragraphs

• headline, body paragraphs, byline and lead

What does it mean to "add details"

• add specific names, dates and times

• be as vague or brief as possible

• write information that is extra, not necessarily relevant to the story

• Literally write "details" in your article

The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, and _______

• whether

• which

• why

• whenever

What is the main purpose of the 5W's?

• to discover the main idea

• to find important details

• to learn about the author

• to understand why the story was written

Which of the 5W questions would ask you to learn about the setting?

• where and what

• where and when

• who and what

• who and when