National: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/washington/28troops.html?_r=1&hp
National: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/us/politics/28web-budget.html?hp
World:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/world/asia/27pstan.html
Local: http://www.startribune.com/local/40404267.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr
Local: http://www.startribune.com/local/40420137.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl
The article about the man killed by the snowplow was well-written, I believe. The lead answers all of the major questions: who: a pedestrian
what: was struck and killed
how: by a snowplow
when: Thursday night
where: Minneapolis
how: heavy snow fell
The also attribute the Minneapolis police in the lead, to give it credibility. I do not believe that they necessarily need to credit any sources, at least not right away in the story. It has somewhat of a delayed identification of the person, as it doesn’t specifically say who was killed in the lead, but it does say later on that the victim’s name has not been released yet. We do later find out that the victim is a man, because of the word “he”.
The article uses another TV source, which means a lot of information probably hasn’t been collected yet, and they’re getting every bit of information they can to make a decent article about it.
