5 Ws and the H
The basic news questions provide the skeleton for stories.
Who? Parents, administrators, Austin ISD school district preliminary budget
Who is involved?Austin ISD school district, administrators
Who does/did the situation affect? Austin ISD staff, and teachers
Who said so? The school board of directors
What?Then the gathering of more than 100 was told the district's fiscal woes will continue in the 2012-13 school year with an estimated $38 million shortfall that is likely to prompt more cuts and possibly school closures.
What is happening? more than 100 was told the district's fiscal woes will continue in the 2012-13 school year with an estimated $38 million shortfall that is likely to prompt more cuts and possibly school closures.
What did happen?Austin school district parents and employees listened to administrators lay out the preliminary 2011-12 budget, knowing that the school board was days away from voting on whether to lay off hundreds of employees to help close an anticipated $94.4 million shortfall.
What are the consequences? possibly school closures.
What is different about this?
What are the choices? Teachers must find other jobs within the district. Or more voting sessions
When?
When did or will this happen? last week
When was this discovered? At the budget forum
Where?
Where did or will this happen? The district gathering
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? In order for Austin ISD to meet its budget
How?
How did it or will it happen?
How much does it cost? 1,153 jobs, which is necessary, officials said, to balance the proposed $688 million 2011-12 operating budget.
How many people does this affect? hundreds of employees
How do you feel about this? I feel a great deal of concern for the teachers that lost their jobs and I feel that they should have their health insurance taken care of.
Read these three articles and answer the 5 W's and H questions for each on your blog.
Notice how in each article the journalist answers theses questions.
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