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News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media, 7/e
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Sources and Credits
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Police and Fire
Review Questions
1
List sources for police news
2
Discuss
Topeka
(Kan.)
Capital-Journal
reporter Roger Aeschlimans philosophy of working with sources.
3
Why should police and fire reporters who normally cover hard news occasionally write feature stories about the people or the institutions they cover regularly?
4
The
Topeka
(Kan.)
Capital-Journal
never publishes the names of rape victims and their families. Do you agree with this policy? Why or why not?
5
The chapter emphasizes the importance of reporters doing follow-up interviews with arresting officers and other officials when writing stories based on police reports. Why are these follow-ups important?
6
List information that should be included in most fire stories.
7
Under the subhead "Using Vivid Details: A Question of Taste," Roger Aeschliman provides his reasoning for having included a particularly gruesome quotation in a major fire story. Do you agree with his decision? Why or why not?
8
List information that should be included in most arrest stories.
9
List eight of the suggestions for beat reporters discussed in the chapter
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