One way these threads are tied together is by putting the information in context, providing background material to explain what is being reported. "There is no point to a story that has no context," said the same newspaper editor. "You must tell readers 'what this means to me.'" 2
The television reporter added specific questions that he must answer for viewers: "Wasn't this agency in trouble a month ago for failing to oversee how a non-profit spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' dollars. Why did it happen again? Who was responsible the last time and was he/she responsible this time?" 3