xkcd – A Webcomic – Newton and Leibniz »
« I’ve come to the conclusion that there are four key parts to news stories, and we typically only get one of them, even though journalists possess all four, and the other three are arguably more important. Note that when I say “news stories,” I mean an ongoing news topic, such as “health reform,” not a particular article. In fact, health reform’s been on my mind a lot recently, so perhaps it’s a good subject to help illustrate what I mean.
[Article outline…]
WHAT WE GET: What just happened
WHAT WE MISS (1): The longstanding facts
WHAT WE MISS (2): How journalists know what they know
WHAT WE MISS (3): The things we don’t know
Changing the model