An article from CCJ partner NewsLab.

Stories crammed with "official" soundbites often are dull to watch and difficult to understand. But they're fairly quick and easy to produce, so they keep turning up on the news. Beyond being boring, there's another drawback to these stories. Viewers don't see them as relevant to their daily lives, even though the issue involved may affect them directly. One solution is to "avoid the suits" and let other voices tell the story. But how do you find those other voices?