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Mastering News Reporting: A Comprehensive Review of Essential Journalism Skills

This comprehensive overview of journalistic principles explores the intricacies of news reporting, from gathering facts to crafting compelling stories. It emphasizes the importance of accuracy, balance, and objectivity while guiding reporters on how to effectively capture attention through engaging leads and coherent writing structures. Each chapter delves into specific aspects such as writing specialty stories, covering sports, and understanding op-ed responsibilities, providing readers with the necessary tools to navigate the complexities of modern journalism.

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Mastering News Reporting: A Comprehensive Review of Essential Journalism Skills

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  1. Chapter 1-8 Review Kyle Zimmerman

  2. Chapter 1—Understanding news • “Reporters must work painstakingly to achieve accuracy,” balance, and objectivity • Ultimately, news mediums (publishers, stations, websites, dean of students, etc.) decide what the news is • May take demographics into account

  3. Chapter 2—Gathering news • What is the story? • Where do I find the facts? • How do I report it? • Be aware of credibility

  4. Chapter 3—News leads • Attract leaders; other articles are competition • Who, what, when, where, why, how • Don’t try too hard with leads, especially anecdotes • 1st paragraph soft, indirect • 2nd paragraph is “nut graph” • HOOK THE READERS • Quotes, direct address, anecdotes, statistics

  5. Chapter 4—Writing news stories • Clichés and slang—use with caution • Inverted pyramid—writing in descending order • Most important facts first to draw audience • Following paragraphs explain further • Transition words—add coherence • Then, now, shortly, afterward, later… • Meaningful quotations • Editorialize only when appropriate

  6. Chapter 5—Specialty stories • Advance stories—provides advanced notice • Follow up stories—reports an event after it has taken place • Give readers something they don’t already know • Poll stories—overall consensus of the student body

  7. Chapter 6—Writing features • NO OPINION OR EDITORIALIZING • No personal pronouns • Requires reporting and interviewing • Profiles • Human interest • Informative • Community • Historical

  8. Chapter 7—Sports writing • Unbiased • Supports opinions with facts • Sports slang vs. sports language, no clichés • Average language, avoid big words • Accuracy in statistics • Advance Story • Trend Story • Sports New Story • Game Story • Sports Feature Story

  9. Chapter 8—Op-ed • Criticize, identify problem, propose solutions • With the power of writing editorials, show responsibility • Interpret, explain, persuade, advocate change • Achieve balance when criticizing anyone • Not always negativecommendation op-ed • Editorial cartoon

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