Here are the four most common questions readers have after consuming a news article (and how to answer them)

Twenty-six Texans walk into a room…

… and discuss news articles. As part of five focus groups with the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin, researchers Tamar Wilner, Dominique A. Montiel Valle, and Gina Masullo Chen went straight to a (pretty diverse mix) of non-journalism folks to get their questions on recent journalism. It was part of an academic look at the inquiries journalists leave open-ended for their readers. How could news outlets better preemptively address readers’ wonders or concerns?