Enter your group's responses in the News Reporting Activity Form. But first - read the instructions below!
Scenario: Your group is a team of investigative reporters for the college newspaper. On Monday, October 28, your editor informs you that campus safety received multiple reports overnight of sightings of werewolf-type figures on campus.
Your task: Your editor asks you to draw up an investigative research plan. The purpose of this plan is to identify possible sources for evidence that will support the reporting in your news article.
Your editor asks you to present a 4-step investigative research plan.
1. Create a list of the primary questions (~3-5) you want to investigate when researching this story.
2. Generate a list of sources (~3-6) to consult for fact-gathering related to the details of the werewolf sightings.
3. Develop a list of sources (~3-6) to consult for information to contextualize the werewolf event.
4. Create a list of ideas (2-3) for an image to accompany and enhance the news story.
Campus Safety Report
Incident Type: 23 SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT : C. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE
Location: ACADEMIC BUILDING : OLD MAIN
Date/Time Reported: 10/28/2024 0213|
Incident Occurred Between: 10/28/2024 0145 and 10/28/2024 0200
Case #: 24-1999
Disposition: ACTIVE
Notes: On Monday, October 28, at 0213 hours, campus safety took a report of suspicious circumstance of a figure resembling a werewolf moving around the exterior of Old Main.
1. Someone to enter your responses in the form
2. Someone to share your research plan with the class
3. Any other roles you need
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