Account 1: "The span reopened at dawn after crews worked all night." Account 2: "Two hundred drivers were sent onto Route 9, adding forty minutes each way." What does Account 2 stress that Account 1 leaves out?

The board minutes record: "Motion to close Fern Street School carried, 5-2." The student paper reports: "Parents filled the aisles; two eighth graders read letters before the vote." What does the paper carry that the minutes do not?

A museum placard reads: "Cotton mill, 1904-1957. Peak workforce 1,200." A former weaver's memoir describes the lint in the air and the shouting over the looms. What does the memoir emphasize that the placard omits?

The box score lists 14 rebounds and 4 turnovers for Nunez. After the game the coach says Nunez played the last quarter on a rolled ankle and asked to stay in. What does the coach's account add that the box score cannot?

A company report on the Rye Creek dam gives the concrete poured and the months saved. A letter home from a worker on the same job describes the camp's tents and the winter with no mail. What does the letter stress that the report leaves out?

A newspaper column on the closing of Hale's Bakery gives the lease price and the owner's retirement date. A podcast episode records three customers describing what they bought there every Friday. What does the podcast emphasize?

A weather service summary of the March storm reports 14 inches of snow and winds to 40 miles per hour. A bus driver's blog post describes turning back on Pine Hill with 30 riders aboard. What does the blog post add?

In the novel, narration reports a woman's private thoughts as she waits for a verdict. In the film, she says nothing and the camera holds on her hands for a long minute. What can the film do here that the printed page cannot?

A witness writes two paragraphs about the flooded market. A photographer's single frame shows water at the stall legs and a crate floating past. What does the photograph do that the written account cannot?

An interview is released as an audio recording and as a printed transcript. What can the transcript do with the material that the recording cannot?

A radio announcer calls the last two minutes of a game live. The next morning's article covers the same two minutes in three paragraphs. What can the live radio call do that the article cannot?

An article traces a town's water supply from the first well to the new pipeline in paragraphs. A timeline printed beside it lists the same ten dates on a scaled line. What does the timeline do that the paragraphs do not?

A dispatch filed the night of the derailment says the cause is not yet known. A magazine account written after the inquiry names a cracked rail. Both writers are honest. What best explains the difference?

One reporter writes of "a 12-hour outage that left 4,000 homes dark." Another writes of "a 12-hour repair carried out in freezing rain." Which fact do both accounts give?

One account: "The 40-foot mural drew a line around the block on opening day." Another: "Two painters spent nine months on the 40-foot mural." Which fact appears in both?

A memoir says: "The shaft closed in 1961, the spring I turned sixteen." A state report says: "The shaft was sealed in 1961 when the seam ran out." Which fact do the two share?

One review: "Twelve tables, and the $9 rice bowl is the reason to come." Another: "The $9 rice bowl arrives in four minutes, which is the point of a lunch counter." What do both reviews state?

A survivor's memoir of the 1938 hurricane names the neighbors who took her family in. A state report on the same storm counts households displaced by town. What best explains the difference between them?

Two honest accounts describe a warehouse fire. One writer stood on the loading dock as the roof gave way; the other watched from a bridge half a mile off. What best explains why their accounts differ?

A reporter files 200 words on the ferry grounding for the evening edition. A magazine writer publishes 6,000 words on it a year later. Both are accurate. What best explains why the longer piece includes so much more?