The document provides guidelines for writing news articles, including following an inverted pyramid structure, answering who, what, where, why, when and how, and making 5-7 paragraphs. It recommends compiling facts, creating an outline to sequence information, and finding the right angle. The types of news leads - how, why and what - are described. Editing for accuracy, grammar and spelling is important. A checklist is provided to ensure the most important facts are first, the story is accurate and flows well.

1. By: Dahlia Reinn P. Rosales

2. Make sure your article is well written.
Follow the “Inverted Pyramid”.
Answer the questions; who, what,
where, why, when and how.
Always make 5-7 paragraphs
Compile your facts
Create an article outline
Find the right angle
Always put periods and comma’s in
right positions

5. Who – “who was involved?”
What – “what happened?”
Where – “where did it happen?”
Why – “why did it happen?”
When – “when did it happen?”
How – “how did it happen?”

6. COMPILE YOUR FACTS:
GET SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NEWS YOU ARE
MAKING.
CREATE AN OUTLINE:
YOU NEED TO CREATE AN OUTLINE OF YOUR
WORK IN ORDER TO SEQUENCE THE RIGHT
INFORMATION.
FINDING THE RIGHT ANGLE:
JUST BEFORE YOU WRITE, THINK ABOUT YOUR
TOPIC SO YOU WILL BE IN SHAPE, ADJUST IF
YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS.

7. KINDS OF NEWS LEADS
 “How lead” - begins with the how of the
story. Used often.
 “Why lead” - begins with the cause the
story. Used often.
 “What lead” - begins with the fact of the
story. Used often.

8.  Don't write anything you wouldn't want someone to
read.
 Don't write gossips and lies. That will hurt people's
feelings and you might get in trouble for it.
 Edit carefully, no one wants to read something that
is full of spelling errors and bad grammar.

9.  Checklist for News Stories
 Are the most important and recent facts
first?
 Is the story accurate?
 Are the sources identified fully?
 Are the paragraphs full enough?
 Is the sentence structure varied in the
story?
 Is the story neat and double-spaced so that
it is easy to read?
 Does your story flow? Did you use the
transition/ quote formula?
 Did you use active voice?