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.

Read the first paragraph of the news article below, then identify and explain ONE of the news values in this story (news value = reason it is newsworthy). The White House released a partial budget proposal Friday calling for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending in the next fiscal year, pushing reductions to health care, education and many other government programs while boosting spending on defense and homeland security.

The sentence below is grammatically correct but poorly written. Rewrite it to make it better. It has been stated by President Reilly that improving Seton Hall’s finances is something that he plans to make his main focus next year.

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

Look at this screenshot of an article from LATimes.com. I’ve marked up different parts of it with color-coded highlighter and a number. Please give the proper term for each of the different parts. To get you started, #4 (in green) is called the byline. #1 (yellow): #2 (red): #3 (blue) #5 (purple):

Select the version that has no errors in punctuation or attribution.

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?

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

Which type of lead do journalists often use to begin a feature story?

An individual with neck pain presents in your clinic. Explain how you would evaluate this patient (describe your clinical approach and explain the benefits and rationale of each method).