d) Structure of Alerts (5 Ws And H)  When capturing human rights violations that are to be transmitted to HZT, the information gathered should follow the format of how newspapers’ stories are written. This is done through capturing the 5 Ws and an H. You should not try to give too much detail in the introduction. The six main questions which HRMs try to answer are:  Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? - they all need to be answered in your news story, but they should not all be answered in your introduction. Try to remember these questions as The Five Ws and H - WWWWWH.  For each of those six key questions, you will need to ask whether this detail makes the story news. For example, who was beaten? A woman called Mary Musonga. Supposed it had been somebody else - would the story have been stronger, weaker or the same? Only if this detail makes the story stronger should it be in the introduction. The golden rule for introduction writing is KISS - Keep It Short and Simple e) Defining the categories of HZT Considered Alerts  The HRMs for HZT are literally the eyes and ears of the organization at community level. They are the people who collect the information that HZT will disseminate to the whole world and keeping the stakeholders informed on the state of the political environment in Zimbabwe. They should therefore capture the human rights violations 11

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