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DEPTHNEWS?
Depth news
contains…
Background
Interpretation
Analysis
INTERESTING
TOPICS
In depth news writing the
reporter should:
•Go beyond the surface of the story
•Give detailed background,
interpretation and information based
on the facts and background of the
story
•Tells the story behind the story
•Present facts objectively
Depth news defined as:
Opposite of run-of-the-mill news
stories
In-depth reporters go deep, from
the surface inwards into the story
behind the story.
Subjects of In-depth Reports
What are important to the readers
Qualifications of In-depth
Reporters
1.Curious, inquisitive, investigative,
analytical in the service of the truth
and nothing but the truth
2.Patient, persistent in reading up on
his subject and in interviewing
primary sources
3.Impartial, broadminded, objective
Some hints for the In-depth
News/Report Writer
Fred Fedler in Reporting for the Print Media lists
these guides:
1. Emphasize
2. Translate figures into words or proportions
3. Report discernible trends
4. Emphasize the unusual
5. Look for significant changes from one
period to another
Some hints for the In-depth
News/Report Writer
6. Report inferences accurate and objectively
7. Report numbers as simply as possible
8. Avoid a series of long paragraphs
9. Use transitions, explanations, and
commentaries to break up strings of numbers
in order to retain the interest of readers.
10.Avoid previously formulated conclusions with
slanted data to support them.

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Depthnews

  • 4.
  • 7. In depth news writing the reporter should: •Go beyond the surface of the story •Give detailed background, interpretation and information based on the facts and background of the story •Tells the story behind the story •Present facts objectively
  • 8. Depth news defined as: Opposite of run-of-the-mill news stories In-depth reporters go deep, from the surface inwards into the story behind the story.
  • 9. Subjects of In-depth Reports What are important to the readers
  • 10. Qualifications of In-depth Reporters 1.Curious, inquisitive, investigative, analytical in the service of the truth and nothing but the truth 2.Patient, persistent in reading up on his subject and in interviewing primary sources 3.Impartial, broadminded, objective
  • 11. Some hints for the In-depth News/Report Writer Fred Fedler in Reporting for the Print Media lists these guides: 1. Emphasize 2. Translate figures into words or proportions 3. Report discernible trends 4. Emphasize the unusual 5. Look for significant changes from one period to another
  • 12. Some hints for the In-depth News/Report Writer 6. Report inferences accurate and objectively 7. Report numbers as simply as possible 8. Avoid a series of long paragraphs 9. Use transitions, explanations, and commentaries to break up strings of numbers in order to retain the interest of readers. 10.Avoid previously formulated conclusions with slanted data to support them.