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Identify Potential Angles
Identify potential angles or questions
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Find the Question at the Heart of Your Story
60 min
Identify the central question in your reporting to focus your story and ensure you're asking the right questions.
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Identify the central question in your reporting to focus your story and ensure you're asking the right questions.
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Create a List of Relevant Sources
Create a list of relevant sources
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Develop an Interview Plan
Develop an interview plan
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Organize the Evidence
Organize the evidence
Make Your Play
Find the Question at the Heart of Your Story
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Your situation
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List the sources you have lined up for the story.
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What are the potential angles or questions you could explore in the story?
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What are the key pieces of evidence you need to gather to support your story?
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Do you have any existing information or research that could help inform your story?
Upload any relevant documents or files that could aid in identifying the central question.
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Enter any additional context or background information that could help identify the central question.
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What are the key stakeholders or interested parties that you need to consider when identifying the central question?
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What are the potential consequences or implications of the story that you need to consider when identifying the central question?
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What you'll do
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Identify Potential Angles
Identify potential angles or questions
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Create a List of Relevant Sources
Create a list of relevant sources
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Develop an Interview Plan
Develop an interview plan
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Organize the Evidence
Organize the evidence
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You're working on a story and need to identify the central question to focus your reporting.
You'll need
- Story Description
- Sources
- Potential Angles
- Evidence
- Existing Information
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- Additional Context
- Stakeholders
- Consequences
You'll get
- Central question identified
- Relevant sources listed
- Interview plan created
- Evidence organized.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Central question identified
- Relevant sources listed
- Interview plan created
- Evidence organized.
Examples
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