Who
In the sentence, “The principal announced that school would start two hours late,” who made the announcement?
Who is the principal?
“The school canceled Friday's football game because of lightning.” What happened?
What is the football game was canceled?
“The concert begins at 7 p.m.” Which W does this answer?
What is WHEN?
“The basketball game was played in the school gym.” Where was the game?
What is the school gym?
“School was canceled because of dangerous road conditions.” Why was school canceled?
What are dangerous road conditions?
“Students submitted their projects through Canvas.” How did students submit their projects?
What is through Canvas?
“The seventh-grade basketball team defeated Lincoln Middle School 45–40.” Who are the two groups involved?
Who are the seventh-grade basketball team and Lincoln Middle School?
“Students collected 500 cans of food for a local food pantry.” What happened?
What is students collected 500 cans of food?
“The accident happened Tuesday morning.” When did it happen?
What is Tuesday morning?
Which question helps a reporter find the WHERE?
A. Who was involved?
B. Why did it happen?
C. Where did it happen?
D. What happened?
What is C, Where did it happen?
“Students held a food drive to help families in need.” Why did students hold the food drive?
What is to help families in need?
“The team won by scoring three points in the final minute.” How did the team win?
What is by scoring three points in the final minute?
"Firefighters arrived at the school after a fire alarm was triggered.” Who responded?
Who are the firefighters?
“The eighth-grade class elected Maya as its new class president.” What happened?
What is Maya was elected class president?
Which question would a reporter ask to find the WHEN?
A. Who was there?
B. When did it happen?
C. Why did it happen?
D. How did it happen?
What is B, When did it happen?
“The city council met at City Hall on Monday.” Where did the meeting happen?
What is City Hall?
Which sentence gives the WHY?
A. The game was Friday.
B. The game was at the stadium.
C. The game was canceled because of rain.
D. The football team played.
What is C, The game was canceled because of rain?
Which question finds the HOW?
A. Who was involved?
B. What happened?
C. How did it happen?
D. When did it happen?
What is C, How did it happen?
A story says, “More than 300 students attended Friday's concert.” Who attended?
Who are the students?
A news story says, “A water pipe burst in the school Monday morning.” What is the main event?
What is a water pipe burst?
A story says, “The school play will take place on November 14 at 6:30 p.m.” Give both pieces of WHEN information.
What are November 14 and 6:30 p.m.?
A reporter is covering a school fight. Name one specific location the reporter would want to know.
What is where the fight happened?
(Accept cafeteria, hallway, classroom, gym, etc.)
A story says, “The school added more security after several incidents.” What question should a reporter ask to learn the WHY?
What is “Why did the school add more security?”
A reporter is covering a food drive. They know what happened but don't know how the food was collected. What could they ask?
What is “How was the food collected?”
A reporter is covering a new school lunch program. Name two people the reporter might interview to get information.
Possible answers: principal, cafeteria worker, student, teacher, superintendent, food service director, etc.
A reporter writes about a new school policy. What should the WHAT part of the story tell the audience?
What is what happened or what is happening?
Why might the exact time of an event be important in a news story?
What is so the audience knows when it happened or when it will happen?
Why is knowing the exact location sometimes important in a news story?
What is because the location can help the audience understand what happened and who may have been affected?
True or False: If a news story doesn't tell you WHY something happened, a journalist should make a reasonable guess.
What is FALSE?
A school wins an award. The reporter knows WHO won, WHAT they won, WHEN they won, and WHERE the ceremony happened. What could the reporter ask to learn HOW they earned the award?
What is “How did they earn the award?”