This document provides guidance on including a sidebar for an enterprise news story assignment. A sidebar is a complementary piece of content like a chart, survey, illustration, photos, map, timeline, or list that helps readers better understand the main story. Acceptable sidebars include statistical comparisons, surveys, photos taken by the writer, maps, timelines, or lists/schedules.

1. Newswriting Sidebars

2. Assignment
• For your enterprise story, you must include a
sidebar: this is a piece of content that
complements the story. It may be a chart,
survey, illustration, series of photos, map, etc.
• Such elements are common in longer
newspaper and magazine stories.
• Choose something that will help readers
better understand your story.

3. Statistical comparisons

4. Survey

5. Photos you take

6. Maps

7. Timelines

8. Lists/schedules