Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify/locate sources for potential stories
- Up-to-date material about Defence issues and current affairs is obtained from a wide variety of sources, read and analysed
- A network of contacts is maintained and engaged regularly
- A library of professional publications is maintained
- Trends in reader interests are identified and recorded
- Information is assessed for newsworthiness and likely reader appeal
- Identify relevant public affairs objectives
- Establish likely story 'angle'