JOUR 001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Data Store
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Enterprise: go out into the world and do some digging. Newsworthiness criteria and aspects of the news-gathering process highlight the fact that: News is made; it"s not just out there" waiting to be discovered. News is constructed; journalists have to gather and assemble elements into a story. And that makes it open to controversy. Beats - reporters are paying attention to a specific topic (and/or geographic area) Identifying sources: emails, phone calls, in person interviews, events, observation. Verifying info here"s a fact, can i verify that . How the cook county assessor failed taxpayers story example. Sales ratio study: worth vs. sold value. Read the full methodology, from our data store. Transparent: how we analyzed commercial and industrial property assessments in chicago and cook county , independent, accountability, representation. Woman says roy moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32 article example. The reporter and at least one editor knows the sources name, etc.