Journalism, Broadcasting, and Digital Media: Find a news angle
School of Communications
Process: move from a general thought or idea to a specific angle that has not yet been reported; prepare a news piece
- Focusing a TopicWatch the 3-minute tutorial on how to go from a general idea to an angle that hasn't yet been covered in the news, a.k.a. a research question.
YouTube video by the GVSU Libraries.
Read or subscribe to press releases, e.g.,
- Eurekalertpress releases for science, medicine, & technology
- or other press release agenciesWikipedia list
Search current or local
- Newspapersto see if your idea has been covered, or what aspects have been done.
Research to find background on the topic by using the resources on the tab for:
Use the links under NEWS SOURCES and INDEPENDENT MEDIA boxes on the tab for:
- News & Journalism Websitesto see if or how your topic has been covered
Do your due diligence by
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Understand what a researcher tells you by learning about qualitative research methods:
- Sage Research Methodsdatabase
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Use the Journalism Tools of your trade on the News & Journalism Websites tab
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Check your statistics, find data, understand what you can say about your data with authority, find GVSU experts to interview, and make visualizations via the Data, Government, Interview tab
- Last Updated: Jul 8, 2024 9:58 AM
- URL: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/multimediajournalism
