Answer One

Ok team. we've got a big story for tomorrow's paper that we need cover before our proof goes to print! There are some strong, reliable information here, and some not-so reliable information here. We have some sketchy details, overly opinionated tenants, and unnamed sources. I don't want to mess around with any nameless sources. So until we've confirmed a lot of these details, I don't want there to be any room for error. Let's get going!

Here's the story: we know that there was a fire that started at the back porch of the apartment building, as reported by passerby. This unnamed source also believes she saw the potential suspect- a 10- or- 11-year-old boy. Tenants say this boy is probably Jake Mahoney who lives on the first floor of the apartment.

My photographer, I want you to go down to the site of the fire, get a dramatic front-page visual of the blackened apartment building front or possibly an emotional shot of tenants mulling over the devastation.

My three reporters, I want each of you to divvy up sources. I want one reporter to go down to the site of the fire, the apartment building itself and speak more to the tenants.  How has this fire affected them? Go to the Mahoneys' apartment and speak to the boy's parents. Can they confirm where he was at the time of the incident? Can their neighbors confirm this? I want the two other reporters to go to the police department and fire department. Did either departments reach any conclusions from their investigations?