NAME: ____________________________

News Story Hunt

Find a hard news story in the inverted pyramid in a newspaper and answer the following.  Please print or clip the story to your responses.

 

  1. Initial thoughts: What makes you think this is a news story in the inverted pyramid? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Headline: _________________________________________________________

How does the headline let you know it’s a news story?

_____________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Identify the 5 W’s and 1 H revealed in the newslead ONLY.

Who: ________________________________________________________________

What: _______________________________________________________________

Where: ______________________________________________________________

When: _______________________________________________________________

Why: ________________________________________________________________

How: ________________________________________________________________

 

  1. What is the focus of the newslead? What is the newsworthy element?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Does the story pass the “cut off” test? Explain. __________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Name the sources:

Primary: _____________________________________________________________

Secondary: ___________________________________________________________

Authority: ____________________________________________________________

 

  1. Is there any author bias present? Explain._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Prove that story goes from most important to least important details: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________