User:Cernen/Testing sandbox
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please do not remove this -- notes from class, thursday, 19 jan 2006 1104pst
- use safe wording to avoid libel cases -- instead of "arrested for" use "arrested on charges of" or "for suspicion of"
- TNT says not to give suspect name until formally charged!
- qualified privlege - means you can report things that are defamatory as long as they were not used out of context of a news story
- ...as long as this was done in a public forum or discussion
- ...and not told to you in private by some whackjob on the street
- blind leads are best for crime stories
- ...unless the person charged or suspected is famous!!
don't remove this either; class assignment from same day
Matthew Austin Journ 102 19 Jan 2006 P 168-69
Timely Yesterday, Today Local Local (Riverview Park) Important Somewhat (involves 8-yr-old being arrested) Relevant Police IAB investigation pending Dramatic Child was 8 years old Unusual Child arrested
Who 8-year-old boy, Audrey W. VanPelt, Officer Roger Temple What Arrested an 8-year-old boy Where Riverview Park When Today Why 8-yr-old slapped a girl who wanted to use the swings How Don't know
Police are conducting an internal investigation today after charges were dropped relating to the arrest of an eight year old boy yesterday at Riverview Park.
or this; notes from the day after yesterday
Everything relates back to the lead. It's lead, body topics items, then conclusion. Looks like an inverted pyramid.
ASSIGNMENT: Write an article. Write the whole story, double spaced, with the lead on a seperate page.