Figure 5-4.— Our Navy excerpt.
Figure 5-5. —Navy Times excerpt.
the story in the style preferred by each of the different
Bahamas, note how the story is rewritten each time to
media.
Figures 5-4 through 5-7 show introductions to four
present a new approach or to meet the style of the
different accounts of the same story as published in Our
particular publication for which it was intended.
Navy, All Hands, Navy Times and one of several
Although a certain amount of additional work and effort
hometown newspapers. Although all the stories concern
was necessary, the rewrites resulted in 100-percent
the rescue of a grounded LST from a coral reef in the
coverage.
5-6
