story frame

A story frame references how a journalistic narrative is written using a particular perspective, focus, or angle.

A journalist may focus on a particular aspect of an issue when interviewing sources and writing their article. In doing so, they will likely ignore other components about the topic. For instance, rather than covering the broad issue of sex trafficking, a journalist may focus on how that issue impacts their local community or the resources available to survivors. In other words, the story frame is the angle or focus that the journalist takes their article.