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Look at this screenshot of an article from LATimes.com. I’ve marked up different parts of it with color-coded highlighter and a number. Please give the proper term for each of the different parts. To get you started, #4 (in green) is called the byline. #1 (yellow): [answer1] #2 (red): [answer2] #3 (blue) [answer3] #5 (purple): [answer4]

Which type of lead do journalists often use to begin a feature story?

Read the first paragraph of the news article below, then identify and explain ONE of the news values in this story (news value = reason it is newsworthy). The White House released a partial budget proposal Friday calling for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending in the next fiscal year, pushing reductions to health care, education and many other government programs while boosting spending on defense and homeland security.

Select the sentence that has no errors in punctuation or attribution.

Which of the following sentences does not contain any passive verbs or any clichés?

Which of the following is NEVER an acceptable verb of attribution?

As in all research, your study has limitations. Describe at least three major limitations to your study.

Please fully describe the statistical approach used in our study and highlight the main takeaways. In answering this question, please make sure you remark on the following areas and explain the findings that are being represented by the figure below: What were the two primary outcome measures? What was the overarching hypothesis? What statistical approach was used? What were the main effects of the model (and what was not significant)? *Be sure to incorporate the following phrases in your response: Movement Phase Participant Group Spinal Level

Please explain the Legislative Process. How does a Bill become a law? What are the main factors that determine the successful passage of a legislation? What factors contributed most to the transformation away from the classic legislative process and toward the new style? Please explain your answer using examples from the Affordable Care Act and the failed Immigration Legislation.

________________ is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, and ______________ serves as the main excitatory neurotransmitter.