What’s the first question journalists will likely ask themselves when scanning a press release?

Read the beginning of the feature story below. Which paragraph is the “nut graf” for this story? Write the first three words of the paragraph as your answer. OAKLAND, Calif. – On a sun-drenched Saturday, Eddie Metairie wandered around the Cat Town Café and Adoption Center, past the miniature-golf-size buildings, cat perches and a bed shaped like a tuna can as he followed Lucia, an independent-minded brown tabby. Going to a shelter to find a cat in a cage “is heartbreaking,” said Metairie, a project manager at a hotel supply company, but the Cat Town Café “feels organic.” He was having fun. By the time his $10-an-hour playtime was up, Metairie had made plans to take the cat home and rename her Amelie. The Cat Town Café & Adoption Center, which opened in late October and has arranged 52 cat adoptions so far, claims to be the first permanent cat café in the United States. Customers line up for locally brewed strong coffee and handmade bagels. When it is time to visit the cat zone, visitors push through glass doors to another world of lounging cats, all of them candidates for adoption. There are no cages.

Which type of interview offers the best way to build rapport with sources?

Give an example of a reason why an organization might issue a press release.

Which type of quote is rarely used in a news story?

In the previous question you named a category of source a reporter might interview. Now, imagine you are writing a story about the recent wildfires in southern New Jersey. Give an example of a source from that category whom you might try to interview.

Select the sentence that uses AP style correctly (the sentence that has no AP style errors)

We’ve discussed several different categories/types of sources that reporters might interview and quote for an article. For example, “spokesperson” is one category. What is another?

Which of the following is NEVER an acceptable verb of attribution?

Please fully describe the statistical approach used in our study and highlight the main takeaways. In answering this question, please make sure you remark on the following areas and explain the findings that are being represented by the figure below: What were the two primary outcome measures? What was the overarching hypothesis? What statistical approach was used? What were the main effects of the model (and what was not significant)? *Be sure to incorporate the following phrases in your response: Movement Phase Participant Group Spinal Level