The Truth

What process can you follow to try to make sure at what you are getting is the truth?

• talk to as many people as you can on the subject
• make eye contact
• try to read their body language
• be sure to get quotes
• do research on the topic or background information
• check out your facts


Once you got it (the truth), then how do you present the truth to the reader?

• write in a story telling format
• don’t make your graphs to long
• have a strong lede
• don’t dance around the subject or sugar coat things
• choose the right words
• don’t make it look like you are trying to hard to tell the story


What is the context…focus in what Bernstein means about context…How can Murray’s ideas work to obtain the truth

• it is the information in the story
• hopefully, it is the truth, but it hard to tell exactly what the truth is
• these two men focus on trying to obtain the truth, but how?
• basically, use your best judgment, more often than not, reporters should be somewhat moral people, so go with your guy and instinct
• Murray’s techniques should help us by telling the story and using the elements of newsworthiness to try to unearth the truth