I will use the story “Jury Recommends Death for 69-Year-Old Grandmother” to answer the following questions.
1. The news value of this story are a 69-year-old woman could possibly be sentenced to death row which would make her the oldest woman on Missouri’s death row.
2. The who of this story would be Faye Copeland. The what would be Copeland recommended to death row by jury. The when is last year according to the story. The where would be Chillicothe, Missouri. The why would be she is recommended for death because she was on trial for the murders or four transient farm workers whose bodies were found. The how of the story would be on the fifth conviction the jury recommended the sentence of death after there three hour long deliberation.
3. The sources this story use are records. The story was probably written according to the records of the courthouse.
4. Since this story used records from the court room, the reporter had access to what occurred during the trial.
5. This story is a factual based story from the records. There is nothing that shows any inaccuracy to the story.