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News Writing Basics

News Writing Basics. News Vocabulary. Lead Headline Byline Quote News Story Feature Story Editorial. Lead. Lead -- Usually one sentence that tells who, what where, when, why and how. It is found at the beginning of the story Let's look at some examples. Headline. Title of the story

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News Writing Basics

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  1. News Writing Basics

  2. News Vocabulary • Lead • Headline • Byline • Quote • News Story • Feature Story • Editorial

  3. Lead • Lead -- Usually one sentence that tells who, what where, when, why and how. It is found at the beginning of the story • Let's look at some examples

  4. Headline • Title of the story • A good newspaper headline is concise, informative and, at times, entertaining. When you write a newspaper headline, your goal is to hook the reader into reading the article • Let's check out today's paper

  5. Byline • Author of text

  6. Quote • Exactly what someone said, and is in quotation marks.

  7. News Story • A story that is timely and describes an event of interest • Hard news stories move briskly through the five W's and the H, packing in just enough detail to give readers a clear picture of the news. Immediacy is everything in hard news.

  8. Feature Story • A human interest story that is not closely tied to a recent news event. • Bare facts are surrounded by elaboration, interpretation, mood, context, detailed description, emotion, irony and humor.

  9. Angle • Once you have a story idea, decide exactly what focus you want to emphasize. Your focus is the angle you want for the story.

  10. Editorial • A writer tells his or her opinion about a subject.

  11. Interview Questions • Always ask open-ended questions • If your question solicits a yes or no answer, it is not open-ended • Always ask ‘why’ • Develop questions before the interview • Be ready to ask new questions depending on the answers you get

  12. Inverted Pyramid • In a news story, the most important information goes at the top, leaving less important details for last.

  13. Find examples of the following in newspapers (work in pairs) • Lead • Headline • Byline • Quote • News Story (give headline) what is the angle? • Feature Story (give headline)what is the angle? • Editorial (Tell what it is about) • http://nie.miamiherald.com/index.php

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