TO: Professor Burnis Morris
FROM: Hanna Francis
RE: Story Outline: Huntington Weed & Seed Investigation
Subject: Huntington Weed & Seed program has/has not affected criminal activity.
Scope: I will research Huntington crime data by district, before and after the Weed & Seed initiative. Huntington’s Weed & Seed program has been named third in the country, it is my goal to find out if it is worthy of that acclaim.
Need: The city’s money is going into this program, so it is necessary to ascertain if that money is being used in a way that benefits residents.
Methods: I will obtain crime data from the Huntington Police Department from before the Weed & Seed program was initiated and now, after it has been in place. I will break that information down by district.
Sources: Members of City Council and Huntington police officers would be the best sources for this investigation. Residents of the most crime stricken districts would also be valuable informants.
Presentation: This would be a good story for television, because we have file video of former crime activity and of Weed & Seed meetings. It would also be good for a newspaper.
Follow up: If it was discovered that the program hasn’t changed criminal activity much, it would be interesting to find out why tax dollars are still funding it. If it turns out the program has changed activity, it would be valuable to explain how. Other cities would be interested to know how Huntington’s actions have worked.
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