Professional ijournalists will use a technique called the Five Ws to help them make make sure they have collected all of the information for their stories. And, they also will use the Five Ws to make sure their stories have included the essential information.
It's a concept that dates back to the late 1800s to make sure that all the essential facts have been covered. Rudyard Kipling popularized the 5Ws in a 1902 poem in the tale The Elephant's Child.
See if you can figure out the words. There actually are six words, five start with the letter W and one begins with the letter H -- which means this technique also is called the 5 Ws and an H
Enter the word or words you think are in the 5Ws and the H and then click the submit button.
OK, you've done that, now enter Phill's 2 Ns, 1 H and 1 B
The Online Journalism Institute