Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter you should be able to:

  • Define and differentiate among various types of events you could cover, including meetings, speeches and news conferences.
  • Explain how to analyze an event for important news content and how best to share that information with your readers.
  • Conduct research and locate human sources crucial to your reporting effort.
  • Understand how to report for non-event-based stories, such as localizations, crime and natural disasters.