In a news story, readers deserve to know who is speaking, making pronouncements, or predicting grand success in a project.  Who are these people?  What experience or education do they bring to the table?  Do they have titles?  By and large we let people use whatever name they want to be known by.  Marion Robert Morrison, for example, wanted to be known as John Wayne.  We let him.  In terms of the everyday man on the street suddenly caught in a news story, news writers traditionally identified people with name, age, address, and occupation.  We have dropped the occupation part over the years because it seldom has any bearing on the news story.  But, if it has some relationship to the story, be sure to include it.