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Watching the News

1. Watch for completeness.

Whenever you watch the news, you need to make sure it’s telling the complete story. A news story must answer the 5 W’s and H about an event.

• Who was involved? . . . truck drivers
• What happened? . . . . . . . . nine trucks tipped over
• When did it happen? . . . this morning
• Where did it happen? . . . on Interstate 25 near Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Why did it happen? . . . . wind gusts of 65 mph
• How did it happen? . . . trucks with lighter loads blew over

2. Watch for correctness.

A news story should report only facts. If the reporter doesn’t know all the facts yet, the story should say something like this: