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For this assignment, you will need to follow the format listed below. Follow along in your journalism notebooks.

When you get to step five, open a blank document in Microsoft Word. Write a six to seven paragraph story using the information you have already collected.

U.S. approved Ferguson no-fly area to block media

1. Review your notes:

37 square miles

After 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a police officer

August

Associated Press obtained recorded conversations

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

police requested  FAA to ban air traffic 

Restrictions hindered planes from landing at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

FAA attempted to change the restricted area to allow air traffic into Lambert

12 days 

police acknowledged it was to keep news helicopters away

Ferguson, Mo. 

Freedom of Information Act used to get recorded conversations

FAA records information

FAA struggled with wording of the no-fly order to prevent media from entering the restricted airspace.

2. Break down the most important facts from the notes:

WHO:

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3. Write your lead. Be sure to make the sentence flow, and include as much of the 5W’s and the H as possible:

4. Group the like information together. List the remaining facts in order of importance:

5. Type the story on a Word document. Make sure the sentences flow, and start a new paragraph every one to two sentences. 

Ducey wins governor's seat

1. Review your notes:

Early ballots and a third of precincts statewide counted

Ducey claimed governor's race

Election night

Republican Doug Ducey defeated Democrat Fred DuVal

DuVal carried Pima County, but did not pick up enough votes in southern Arizona to make up Ducey's advantage in the rest of the state.

Ducey takes office in January

Ducey won the election by a margin of 54 percent to 41 percent

The state is currently in a fiscal crisis due to lower-than expected tax revenue 

DuVal was an aide in former President Bill Clinton's administration

Ducey was state treasurer in 2010

Cold Stone Creamery was built with help from Ducey

DuVal worked on the Arizona Board of Regents, and is a former Tucson High Badger

Ducey claimed 619,000 votes

Other governor candidates, Barry Hess and John Mealer failed to gain over 5 percent of the vote

2. Break down the most important facts from the notes:

WHO:

WHAT:

WHEN:

WHERE:

WHY:

HOW:

3. Write your lead. Be sure to make the sentence flow, and include as much of the 5W’s and the H as possible:

4. Group the like information together. List the remaining facts in order of importance:

5. Type the story on a Word document. Make sure the sentences flow, and start a new paragraph every one to two sentences.