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News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media, 7/e
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Developing a News Story

Exercise 6.2

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Exercise 6.2 (20.0K)

Use the following information to write a second-day story on missing Angela Melissa Norton.
     It has been 24 hours since she was found to be missing. Police still are questioning the baby sitter and the parents.
     There really is nothing new to report except that police have knocked on every door in the six-block area around the Norton house in the last 24 hours, asking neighbors if they might have seen or heard something.
     Maria L. Norton, the mother, met
with reporters gathered outside the home. She issued the following statement:
     "We are begging anyone who might have seen our daughter to please call the police or us. She has never been away from home without us, and we are certain that she must be terrified not to be in her own home. Please, anyone who has information, please let us know."