WHAT MAKES NEWS?

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Directions: Answer the following questions to practice making the kind of

decisions editors do as they create the newspaper every day. Use your copy of the
newspaper to help.

1. What kind of information is included in the newspaper every day?

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2. How do you think the editors decide what to put in the newspaper?
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3. Write the headline of a story you read in the newspaper. Explain why you think
it was published. Remember to use one or more of the six reasons editors use to
publish a story.
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4. What did editors do to tell you how important they thought the story was?
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5. If you could include a story in the newspaper, what would it be? Give one or
two reasons why you think the story is important.
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