As mentioned in the newsletter from March 20, it's important that all of our articles are still news by the time they are published. One way to ensure that a story is "news" is to choose a topic about which our audience would most likely not already be well-informed.

Another way to ensure that a story is news is to cover a story that may already be known from an interesting angle or with the use of interesting interview subjects to provide interesting perspective.

For this assignment, you'll be given a well-known headline of national or international importance. Articles simply describing these stories are not what we're looking for -- because it takes so long for articles to be published after they are submitted, any one of these stories would be completely stale by the time it made it through the process. However, these stories can be livened up and made relevant if they are discussed in the context of a thoughtful angle.

DIRECTIONS

In a short paragraph, describe an interesting angle that could make 4 of the 5 headlines newsworthy for JSR (you may omit one of the following selections).  

In your paragraph, give an example of one person who you'd like to interview for the story, and explain what you hope that subject will offer to your story. When imagining interview subjects, stay within the realm of people you might actually be able to talk to -- for example: teachers, members of your community, local government officials, etc.


EXAMPLE

Headline: North Korea Threatens the South

Angle:
For this article, I'd like to compare Kim Jong-un's threats to the threats made by his father, Kim Jong-Il. To help me get perspective, I'll interview my friend's brother. He served in the US Army on the Demilitarized Zone during the 2010 North Korean torpedo attacks, so he could help me to understand how today's threats are different than the 2010 actions.