Chapter's 19, 20, 21

 These chapters discuss ways to successfully write a story about government and statistics, crime and punishment, and weather and tragedies. When writing about government and statistics, the journalist should always explain the changes and state the significance. It is important to use a hard lead and always include who is impacted by it and how. Stories about crime and punishment can have a soft or hard lead depending on how serious the case is. It is important to use full names and include all information about the people involved when it is necessary. When writing about weather and tragedy, it is important to seek stories that people would be interested in. Journalists need to be descriptive and use quotes to make the story more personal and interesting. 

The type of writing about these types of stories can be very similar. Each story should answer the who, what, where, how, and why and discuss the impact the topic has on people. On stories about budgets, a journalist will include more statistics and straight facts. However, a story about a tragedy would be more descriptive and contain a narrative. Covering big events creates more need and less time for accuracy due to social media. Breaking news happens fast, so stories on tragedies might not include all the details the first time it is released compared to a story about a government meeting. It is important to put all the information at the beginning of the story for all of these types of stories. 

Since it is vital to get the news out quickly, do reporters normally just publish the little bit they may have on the story to be one of the first sources to put it out to the people? Or do they wait until they have gathered most of the information to make their source more credible and valuable to the reader? 

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