Journalism Current Events Article Map

Your Name _____________________________________________________________________

Source of the Article ______________________________________________________________

Author of Article __________________________ Date of the Article ____________________

I. Headline _____________________________________________________________________

A. Key words? Suggest ____________________________________________________

B. Effective headline? Why? ________________________________________________

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II. Lead (study the first 1-3 sentences)

A. What kind of lead? ______________________________________________________

B. Why use this lead? _____________________________________________________

III. How is the article organized? ____________________________________________________

IV. Summarize the key points of the article (topic of each paragraph)

A. Point 1 ________________________________________________________________

B. Point 2 ________________________________________________________________

C. Point 3 _______________________________________________________________

D. Point 4 _______________________________________________________________

E. Point 5 _______________________________________________________________

V. How many sources or experts are used for this article? ________________________________

A. Who/ what are they? _____________________________________________________

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B. How does the reader know they are experts? _________________________________

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VI. The purpose of this article is to __________________________________________________

VII. The target audience of this article is/are ___________________________________________

VIII. In your opinion how well is the article written and presented? What do you notice

about the style? _______________________________________________________________

A. Best sentence/part ______________________________________________________

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B. What could be improved in this article? _____________________________________

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IX. How might we be able to use this article or an idea, event, or person in the article in our

own newspaper?___________________________________________________

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