The document provides guidance on writing news stories, emphasizing that the most important information should be at the beginning. It discusses the inverted pyramid structure, different types of news leads, using quotes and transitions to link paragraphs. The checklist, pitfalls to avoid, and examples of leads aim to help journalists effectively communicate newsworthy information to readers.
The presentation is a brief introduction to news writing in campus publications. It tackles the theory of social responsibility and advocacy in journalism.
The document provides information on copyreading and headline writing for newspapers. It defines copyreading as editing written work for publication by comprehensively revising articles using copyreading marks and standards. It describes the duties of a copyreader as correcting errors in form, content, style, and structure. It also outlines guidelines and types of headlines, explaining that headlines should concisely summarize articles in a limited space using specific words and facts to attract readers.
This document provides guidelines for writing news articles, including defining news, the purpose of news, and essential qualities of good news writing. It discusses key elements like the inverted pyramid structure, leads, bodies, and headlines. Tips are provided on writing concisely using active voice and simple language while ensuring accuracy, balance and objectivity. Elements like proximity, impact and timeliness are important for making events newsworthy.
The document discusses headlines, including their purpose, structure, and guidelines for writing them. Some key points:
- Headlines are meant to quickly draw attention to a story and summarize its most important details in a brief, attention-grabbing way.
- There are different styles of headlines like flush left, inverted pyramid, and hanging indentation that organize text in different ways.
- When writing headlines, it's important to follow conventions like using the active voice and present tense, omitting unnecessary words, and using "Headlinese" which abbreviates language.
- Proper punctuation and unit counting are also important considerations, especially for print headlines, to ensure the headline fits in the allotted space.
This document provides an overview of the basics of news writing. It discusses what news writing is, how to write headlines and leads, the structure of news stories, and style considerations. Key points include: news writing gives the reader important information; headlines should be concise and attract readers; leads should summarize the key details in 1-2 sentences; the body provides additional context and quotes; and stories follow an inverted pyramid structure from most to least important information. Grammar, word choice, attribution and other writing techniques are also addressed.
The document repeatedly lists the name "CHELDY SYGACO ELUMBA-PABLEO,MPA;LlB" along with qualifications. It also lists various types of speeches or writings such as informative, interpretative, crusade and reform, special occasion, praise or commend, entertainment, tribute, and liner. No other substantive information is provided.
The presentation is a brief introduction to news writing in campus publications. It tackles the theory of social responsibility and advocacy in journalism.
The document provides information on copyreading and headline writing for newspapers. It defines copyreading as editing written work for publication by comprehensively revising articles using copyreading marks and standards. It describes the duties of a copyreader as correcting errors in form, content, style, and structure. It also outlines guidelines and types of headlines, explaining that headlines should concisely summarize articles in a limited space using specific words and facts to attract readers.
This document provides guidelines for writing news articles, including defining news, the purpose of news, and essential qualities of good news writing. It discusses key elements like the inverted pyramid structure, leads, bodies, and headlines. Tips are provided on writing concisely using active voice and simple language while ensuring accuracy, balance and objectivity. Elements like proximity, impact and timeliness are important for making events newsworthy.
The document discusses headlines, including their purpose, structure, and guidelines for writing them. Some key points:
- Headlines are meant to quickly draw attention to a story and summarize its most important details in a brief, attention-grabbing way.
- There are different styles of headlines like flush left, inverted pyramid, and hanging indentation that organize text in different ways.
- When writing headlines, it's important to follow conventions like using the active voice and present tense, omitting unnecessary words, and using "Headlinese" which abbreviates language.
- Proper punctuation and unit counting are also important considerations, especially for print headlines, to ensure the headline fits in the allotted space.
This document provides an overview of the basics of news writing. It discusses what news writing is, how to write headlines and leads, the structure of news stories, and style considerations. Key points include: news writing gives the reader important information; headlines should be concise and attract readers; leads should summarize the key details in 1-2 sentences; the body provides additional context and quotes; and stories follow an inverted pyramid structure from most to least important information. Grammar, word choice, attribution and other writing techniques are also addressed.
The document repeatedly lists the name "CHELDY SYGACO ELUMBA-PABLEO,MPA;LlB" along with qualifications. It also lists various types of speeches or writings such as informative, interpretative, crusade and reform, special occasion, praise or commend, entertainment, tribute, and liner. No other substantive information is provided.
The document discusses the key tasks and guidelines for copyediting newspaper articles. It explains that copyeditors correct errors in grammar, style, structure and facts to improve articles while maintaining consistency with the publication's style guide. Copyeditors should ensure headlines accurately summarize stories and follow proper formatting. The document also provides examples of headline styles and formatting guidelines for copyeditors.
News writing provides important information to readers in an organized structure. It follows an inverted pyramid structure, flowing from most important to least important information. The headline, byline, lead, and body are the main components of a news story. The lead captures the key details in one to two sentences to interest readers. The body then provides additional context and quotes while maintaining short paragraphs and simple language. Proper use of attribution, transitions, and grammar are important for clarity and readability. The overall goal is to concisely yet engagingly inform readers of essential details in the clearest manner.
The document provides guidance on writing compelling feature stories. It discusses focusing stories on individual people through their eyes or on specific incidents or settings to grab readers. It offers tips like using startling statements or dialogue in leads. Sample high school writing is critiqued and improved versions shown focusing more on people and anecdotes. The document also outlines the typical structure of feature stories, beginning with a lead paragraph to engage readers followed by a "billboard" to explain the topic.
This document summarizes key style guidelines from the AP Stylebook, including:
1. Spell out state names except in datelines, abbreviate street names with addresses.
2. Cities usually include state, many large cities don't need state specified.
3. Spell out numbers zero through nine, use numerals for 10 and up, include dollar signs with money.
4. Capitalize official titles before names, lowercase unofficial titles. Spell out United States as noun, abbreviate as U.S. as adjective.
5. Punctuation rules for quotes, colons, semicolons. No serial commas or commas with Jr.
It provides examples and exceptions for many
The document provides guidance on writing effective editorials. It discusses the different types of editorials, including informative, interpretative, crusade/reform, special occasion, praise/commend, entertainment, and tribute editorials. It also outlines the key parts of an editorial as the beginning, body, and conclusion. Additionally, it explains the writing process, including prewriting to plan the topic, drafting the first version, and revising to improve the draft. The overall message is that editorials are an opportunity to comment on issues and events, but should be written following best practices to engage and inform readers.
This is a personal Powerpoint presentation I made which I usually use during my session in photojournalism for our Cavite and Calabarzon campus journalism students.
1) The document discusses copyediting and headline writing in journalism. It covers arranging, correcting, and selecting news stories, as well as writing headlines.
2) As a copyeditor, one must ensure grammar, accuracy, and freedom from libel, while using fewer adjectives. Styling refers to spelling terms consistently.
3) Newspaper style guidelines cover numbers, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, acronyms, grammar, punctuation, and copyediting symbols. Dates and addresses use figures, while words are used for numbers 1-9.
The document provides an overview of feature stories and their characteristics. It defines a feature story as an in-depth article that explores issues behind news stories by focusing on background events, people, or circumstances rather than breaking news. It describes various types of feature stories and their key characteristics, such as variety in subject matter and tone, and being more descriptive and entertaining than news articles. The document also outlines best practices for writing feature stories, such as choosing interesting topics, using vivid language and quotes, and ensuring the conclusion ties together the full story.
The document discusses the key elements of news writing, including using leads that focus on the most important facts like who, what, why and how. It also emphasizes the importance of direct quotes that elaborate on transitions between paragraphs. The transition/quote formula is presented as an effective structure for news stories to flow from most to least important information.
The document discusses different types of headlines used in journalism, including the hammer, kicker, tripod, and wicket styles. It explains that headlines have two parts, a primary and secondary headline, and provides examples of each style. Guidelines are also given for writing effective headlines, such as using fact-filled secondary heads and eye-opening primary heads.
This document provides an overview of feature writing. It discusses that feature writing aims to humanize stories, educate readers, and illuminate issues. Feature stories can be about profiles, trends, or "how to" guides. They do not need to follow the traditional inverted pyramid structure and can include observations, details, and background information throughout. When writing features, journalists should choose themes that are interesting to readers and have emotional appeal, and use techniques like strong leads, nut graphs to explain significance, dialogue, and voice to engage audiences.
A feature story is a news story written like a piece of short fiction that focuses on human interest. It emphasizes facts that evoke emotion in readers and profiles interesting people. Good feature writing requires both rigorous reporting and creative storytelling. Writers must find a compelling angle, use vivid details, and choose a voice that matches the tone and content. Effective feature leads draw readers in through techniques like narrative, description, striking statements, or novelty approaches like historical allusions. Strong organization and alternating quotes with transitions throughout helps maintain reader engagement.
Here is a 7-paragraph news story based on the interviews:
A fatal vehicular accident occurred along Dagupan Street in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija at around 10 in the morning today.
According to eyewitnesses, a red car speeding along Recto Avenue failed to stop at the intersection with Dagupan Street and collided with an oncoming cargo truck. Policeman Renato Aguila, who responded to the scene, said the driver of the truck claimed he lost his brakes and swerved left in an attempt to avoid hitting a pedestrian.
In the impact, the front side of the car was severely damaged. The passenger, later identified as 55-year-old Crisanta
This document defines key parts and pages of a newspaper including the front page, editorial page, feature page, and literary page. It describes common elements of newspaper pages like nameplates, headlines, bylines, columns, photos, and captions. It also discusses principles of excellent newspaper layout design such as unity, balance, emphasis, proportion, movement, and contrast. Layout is described as the arrangement of text, graphics, and photos on a page. The document outlines best practices and issues to avoid in layout like tombstoning, bad breaks, separating related content, and disproportionate or excessive emphasis.
A feature article discusses the challenges students face in focusing on their studies due to various distractions. It notes how students must balance studying with social media use, television, socializing, and other activities in the digital age. The article provides examples of students struggling to limit distractions and tips for improving focus, such as minimizing notifications, dedicating study time, and finding a distraction-free environment. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of time management and self-discipline for students to achieve academic success despite numerous potential distractions.
The document discusses layout techniques for print publications. It compares conventional and modern layout methods, with conventional using physical cut-and-paste and modern using desktop publishing software. Key aspects of layout covered include use of illustrations, text, fonts, and balancing elements through principles such as proportion, unity, balance, emphasis, and contrast. Color models CMYK for print and RGB for screens are also distinguished. Sample layouts and guidelines for effective layout are provided.
This document provides guidance on writing feature stories. It discusses that feature stories focus on people, places, events or subjects in an elaborate way. It notes that feature stories can cover a variety of topics and tones and should be well-organized, engaging and use techniques like quotes, anecdotes and descriptions. The document also outlines the stages of writing a feature story, including pre-writing, writing and post-writing, and provides tips for crafting introductions, bodies, conclusions and titles for feature stories.
The document provides information about copyreading and proofreading for journalistic writing. It discusses the duties of a copyreader, which include correcting errors, checking for clarity and conciseness, following style guidelines, and writing headlines. The duties of a proofreader are also outlined, such as verifying correct details, headlines, images and formatting in the final version. Copyreaders and proofreaders use standard symbols to mark edits and errors. Proper headline writing considers length, clarity, verb usage, and units of measurement for the allotted space.
1. News writing should flow from most important to least important information and impact readers. It requires a strong lead, direct quotes, and transitions between paragraphs.
2. The lead paragraph should contain the most essential information by answering who, what, when, where, why or how. A summary lead is most common and covers the key details of the story.
3. Direct quotes should elaborate on and support the preceding paragraph but not repeat information already stated. Attribution should name the person quoted followed by the verb.
4. Transitions unify the story by linking paragraphs through facts, indirect quotes, or partial quotes. They prevent abrupt shifts between ideas.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including focusing on the most important facts, using an active voice, and avoiding editorializing. It discusses using summary leads that focus on the newest information and include the key details of who, what, when, where, why and how. Direct quotes should be attributed and linked to preceding transitions, while transitions help link paragraphs together through facts, indirect quotes or partial quotes. The document reviews types of leads and emphasizes using how, why and what leads over who, when or where leads. It also discusses crafting leads, quotes, and transitions to flow smoothly in a news story.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including focusing on the most important facts, using an active voice, and avoiding editorializing. It discusses using summary leads that focus on the newest information and emphasize the most important Ws (who, what, when, where, why). Direct quotes should be attributed and linked to preceding transitions or leads. Transitions help link paragraphs and can be facts, indirect quotes, or partial quotes. Following the T/Q (transition/quote) formula helps news stories flow smoothly.
The document discusses the key tasks and guidelines for copyediting newspaper articles. It explains that copyeditors correct errors in grammar, style, structure and facts to improve articles while maintaining consistency with the publication's style guide. Copyeditors should ensure headlines accurately summarize stories and follow proper formatting. The document also provides examples of headline styles and formatting guidelines for copyeditors.
News writing provides important information to readers in an organized structure. It follows an inverted pyramid structure, flowing from most important to least important information. The headline, byline, lead, and body are the main components of a news story. The lead captures the key details in one to two sentences to interest readers. The body then provides additional context and quotes while maintaining short paragraphs and simple language. Proper use of attribution, transitions, and grammar are important for clarity and readability. The overall goal is to concisely yet engagingly inform readers of essential details in the clearest manner.
The document provides guidance on writing compelling feature stories. It discusses focusing stories on individual people through their eyes or on specific incidents or settings to grab readers. It offers tips like using startling statements or dialogue in leads. Sample high school writing is critiqued and improved versions shown focusing more on people and anecdotes. The document also outlines the typical structure of feature stories, beginning with a lead paragraph to engage readers followed by a "billboard" to explain the topic.
This document summarizes key style guidelines from the AP Stylebook, including:
1. Spell out state names except in datelines, abbreviate street names with addresses.
2. Cities usually include state, many large cities don't need state specified.
3. Spell out numbers zero through nine, use numerals for 10 and up, include dollar signs with money.
4. Capitalize official titles before names, lowercase unofficial titles. Spell out United States as noun, abbreviate as U.S. as adjective.
5. Punctuation rules for quotes, colons, semicolons. No serial commas or commas with Jr.
It provides examples and exceptions for many
The document provides guidance on writing effective editorials. It discusses the different types of editorials, including informative, interpretative, crusade/reform, special occasion, praise/commend, entertainment, and tribute editorials. It also outlines the key parts of an editorial as the beginning, body, and conclusion. Additionally, it explains the writing process, including prewriting to plan the topic, drafting the first version, and revising to improve the draft. The overall message is that editorials are an opportunity to comment on issues and events, but should be written following best practices to engage and inform readers.
This is a personal Powerpoint presentation I made which I usually use during my session in photojournalism for our Cavite and Calabarzon campus journalism students.
1) The document discusses copyediting and headline writing in journalism. It covers arranging, correcting, and selecting news stories, as well as writing headlines.
2) As a copyeditor, one must ensure grammar, accuracy, and freedom from libel, while using fewer adjectives. Styling refers to spelling terms consistently.
3) Newspaper style guidelines cover numbers, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, acronyms, grammar, punctuation, and copyediting symbols. Dates and addresses use figures, while words are used for numbers 1-9.
The document provides an overview of feature stories and their characteristics. It defines a feature story as an in-depth article that explores issues behind news stories by focusing on background events, people, or circumstances rather than breaking news. It describes various types of feature stories and their key characteristics, such as variety in subject matter and tone, and being more descriptive and entertaining than news articles. The document also outlines best practices for writing feature stories, such as choosing interesting topics, using vivid language and quotes, and ensuring the conclusion ties together the full story.
The document discusses the key elements of news writing, including using leads that focus on the most important facts like who, what, why and how. It also emphasizes the importance of direct quotes that elaborate on transitions between paragraphs. The transition/quote formula is presented as an effective structure for news stories to flow from most to least important information.
The document discusses different types of headlines used in journalism, including the hammer, kicker, tripod, and wicket styles. It explains that headlines have two parts, a primary and secondary headline, and provides examples of each style. Guidelines are also given for writing effective headlines, such as using fact-filled secondary heads and eye-opening primary heads.
This document provides an overview of feature writing. It discusses that feature writing aims to humanize stories, educate readers, and illuminate issues. Feature stories can be about profiles, trends, or "how to" guides. They do not need to follow the traditional inverted pyramid structure and can include observations, details, and background information throughout. When writing features, journalists should choose themes that are interesting to readers and have emotional appeal, and use techniques like strong leads, nut graphs to explain significance, dialogue, and voice to engage audiences.
A feature story is a news story written like a piece of short fiction that focuses on human interest. It emphasizes facts that evoke emotion in readers and profiles interesting people. Good feature writing requires both rigorous reporting and creative storytelling. Writers must find a compelling angle, use vivid details, and choose a voice that matches the tone and content. Effective feature leads draw readers in through techniques like narrative, description, striking statements, or novelty approaches like historical allusions. Strong organization and alternating quotes with transitions throughout helps maintain reader engagement.
Here is a 7-paragraph news story based on the interviews:
A fatal vehicular accident occurred along Dagupan Street in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija at around 10 in the morning today.
According to eyewitnesses, a red car speeding along Recto Avenue failed to stop at the intersection with Dagupan Street and collided with an oncoming cargo truck. Policeman Renato Aguila, who responded to the scene, said the driver of the truck claimed he lost his brakes and swerved left in an attempt to avoid hitting a pedestrian.
In the impact, the front side of the car was severely damaged. The passenger, later identified as 55-year-old Crisanta
This document defines key parts and pages of a newspaper including the front page, editorial page, feature page, and literary page. It describes common elements of newspaper pages like nameplates, headlines, bylines, columns, photos, and captions. It also discusses principles of excellent newspaper layout design such as unity, balance, emphasis, proportion, movement, and contrast. Layout is described as the arrangement of text, graphics, and photos on a page. The document outlines best practices and issues to avoid in layout like tombstoning, bad breaks, separating related content, and disproportionate or excessive emphasis.
A feature article discusses the challenges students face in focusing on their studies due to various distractions. It notes how students must balance studying with social media use, television, socializing, and other activities in the digital age. The article provides examples of students struggling to limit distractions and tips for improving focus, such as minimizing notifications, dedicating study time, and finding a distraction-free environment. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of time management and self-discipline for students to achieve academic success despite numerous potential distractions.
The document discusses layout techniques for print publications. It compares conventional and modern layout methods, with conventional using physical cut-and-paste and modern using desktop publishing software. Key aspects of layout covered include use of illustrations, text, fonts, and balancing elements through principles such as proportion, unity, balance, emphasis, and contrast. Color models CMYK for print and RGB for screens are also distinguished. Sample layouts and guidelines for effective layout are provided.
This document provides guidance on writing feature stories. It discusses that feature stories focus on people, places, events or subjects in an elaborate way. It notes that feature stories can cover a variety of topics and tones and should be well-organized, engaging and use techniques like quotes, anecdotes and descriptions. The document also outlines the stages of writing a feature story, including pre-writing, writing and post-writing, and provides tips for crafting introductions, bodies, conclusions and titles for feature stories.
The document provides information about copyreading and proofreading for journalistic writing. It discusses the duties of a copyreader, which include correcting errors, checking for clarity and conciseness, following style guidelines, and writing headlines. The duties of a proofreader are also outlined, such as verifying correct details, headlines, images and formatting in the final version. Copyreaders and proofreaders use standard symbols to mark edits and errors. Proper headline writing considers length, clarity, verb usage, and units of measurement for the allotted space.
1. News writing should flow from most important to least important information and impact readers. It requires a strong lead, direct quotes, and transitions between paragraphs.
2. The lead paragraph should contain the most essential information by answering who, what, when, where, why or how. A summary lead is most common and covers the key details of the story.
3. Direct quotes should elaborate on and support the preceding paragraph but not repeat information already stated. Attribution should name the person quoted followed by the verb.
4. Transitions unify the story by linking paragraphs through facts, indirect quotes, or partial quotes. They prevent abrupt shifts between ideas.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including focusing on the most important facts, using an active voice, and avoiding editorializing. It discusses using summary leads that focus on the newest information and include the key details of who, what, when, where, why and how. Direct quotes should be attributed and linked to preceding transitions, while transitions help link paragraphs together through facts, indirect quotes or partial quotes. The document reviews types of leads and emphasizes using how, why and what leads over who, when or where leads. It also discusses crafting leads, quotes, and transitions to flow smoothly in a news story.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including focusing on the most important facts, using an active voice, and avoiding editorializing. It discusses using summary leads that focus on the newest information and emphasize the most important Ws (who, what, when, where, why). Direct quotes should be attributed and linked to preceding transitions or leads. Transitions help link paragraphs and can be facts, indirect quotes, or partial quotes. Following the T/Q (transition/quote) formula helps news stories flow smoothly.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the key elements of news writing, types of leads, using direct quotes and transitions. It emphasizes that news writing should focus on the most important and recent facts, flow from most to least important, and avoid editorializing. The document outlines best practices for writing leads, direct quotes, and transitions to ensure the story is well-organized and easy to follow. It also reviews common pitfalls to avoid in news writing like messy writing, poor grammar and spelling, and missing the main point of the story.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the key elements of news writing, types of leads, using direct quotes and transitions. It emphasizes that news writing should focus on the most important and recent facts, flow from most to least important, and avoid editorializing. The document outlines best practices for writing leads, direct quotes, and transitions to ensure the story is well-organized and easy to follow. It also reviews common pitfalls to avoid in news writing like messy writing, poor grammar and spelling, and missing the main point of the story.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the key elements of news writing, types of leads, using direct quotes and transitions. It emphasizes that news writing should focus on the most important and recent facts, flow from most to least important, and avoid editorializing. The document outlines best practices for writing leads, direct quotes, and transitions to ensure the story is well-organized and easy to follow. It also reviews common pitfalls to avoid in news writing like messy writing, poor grammar and spelling, and missing the main point of the story.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the key elements of news writing, types of leads, using direct quotes and transitions. It emphasizes that news writing should focus on the most important and recent facts, flow from most to least important, and avoid editorializing. The document outlines best practices for writing leads, direct quotes, and transitions to ensure the story is well-organized and easy to follow. It also reviews common pitfalls to avoid in news writing like messy writing, poor grammar and spelling, and failing to focus on the key news element.
This will enhance your knowledge and skills to the needed expertise and competency to be globally competitive and culturally adept individual ready for the mission to spread the word of journalism to the rest of the world because with the power of journalism comes with great responsibility to the great nation of
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including using an inverted pyramid structure that moves from most important to least important information. It discusses using summary leads that focus on the most important facts like who, what, when, where, why or how. Direct quotes should be linked to the previous information and not repeat it. Transitions between paragraphs are important to link the information and flow, and can be facts, indirect quotes or partial quotes. The document also outlines common pitfalls to avoid in news writing.
This document provides guidance on writing news articles. It discusses the key elements of news writing including headlines, leads, story structure, and grammar. Headlines should be concise and grab attention. Leads should summarize the key points in one to two sentences. The body should provide details in short, clear paragraphs organized from most to least important. Proper grammar and attribution of sources is also important for clear news writing.
This document provides an overview of basic news writing. It discusses the importance of strong leads that grab a reader's attention in the first 3 seconds. The three main story structures covered are the inverted pyramid, storytelling/Wall Street formula, and chronological order patterns. Direct quotes should be used to elaborate on transitions and leads. The document also discusses headline techniques and provides examples of written news stories using different structures and elements of news writing.
News writing aims to provide important information to readers in a clear, organized manner. It typically presents the most essential facts first, flowing from most to least important. Direct quotes should elaborate on transitions between paragraphs to link ideas and add context or perspective. Transitions are critical to holding a news story together by connecting paragraphs with additional facts, indirect quotes or partial quotes. The lead paragraph should concisely summarize the key details in the story.
A press release is an official statement (written or recorded) that an organization issues to the news media and beyond. Whether we call it a “press release,” a “press statement,” a “news release,” or a “media release,” we're always talking about the same basic thing.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the types of leads, news writing patterns, and checklist for news stories. It discusses the importance of using the inverted pyramid structure, with the most important information at the top. It also outlines different types of leads like summary, grammatical beginning, novelty, and quotation leads and advises when each would be best used. Key elements of straight news writing like the headline following the SVO structure and using direct and indirect quotations in the body are also covered.
This document discusses the principles of writing for media and news writing. It defines what constitutes news based on elements like impact, timeliness, prominence, proximity, conflict, weirdness and currency. It then discusses the basics of newswriting, including using accuracy, conciseness, facts over opinions, past tense, short words, attribution rules and showing rather than telling. It provides examples of news ledes that follow the who, what, when, where structure and characteristics of good news stories and ledes.
The document provides guidance on writing news articles, including:
- The lead or lede should be 1-2 sentences summarizing the main points of the story in 25-45 words. Sentences should be short using subject-verb-object structure.
- Stories should include quotes, details, background information, and avoid jargon or cliches. Details should be specific and avoid passive voice.
- Direct quotes should be short while indirect quotes can paraphrase longer parts. Transitional words should link quotes and ideas.
- Other types of articles like editorials and features have different purposes, lengths, styles and structures than straight news articles. Writers should avoid editorializing in news articles.
This document provides guidance on writing news stories. It emphasizes that news writing should flow from most important to least important information to impact readers. A checklist is provided for writing news stories that focuses on accuracy, concise paragraphs, varied sentence structure, and neat formatting. Common pitfalls to avoid include editorializing, using first/second person, and poor writing mechanics. The document then discusses leads, noting that summary leads starting with the most important who, what, when, where, why or how are best. It provides tips on using direct quotes and transitions between quotes in news stories.
This document provides guidance on key elements of news reporting and writing, including headlines, leads, the inverted pyramid structure, paragraphs, quotes, transitions, editing, grammar, and headline writing. It emphasizes that the lead paragraph should contain the most essential facts of the story in 2-3 sentences. Short paragraphs, correct grammar, and rewriting are important for clear communication. Transitions help link paragraphs and ideas to ensure the story flows logically.
This document provides guidance on using quotations and attribution in writing. It outlines best practices for directly quoting sources, including accurately capturing the speaker's words and attributing quotes properly. The document also discusses indirect quotations, paraphrases, partial quotes, and dialogue. Examples are provided for different types of quotes. The document stresses never inventing quotes and always attributing opinions to sources.
This document summarizes the political transformations of Germany and Russia from democracy to authoritarianism/communism. In Germany, the country was led by a Kaiser until 1918 when unrest grew. It then became a republic known as the Weimar Republic, though many Germans saw it as controlled by allies. In Russia, the tsarist monarchy ruled until the 1917 revolution established a provisional government, which was then overthrown by the Bolsheviks led by Lenin, establishing the Soviet Union and spreading communist ideology globally. Both countries shifted towards more authoritarian forms of government after periods of instability.
Fall 2020 JOU 1000 4th Class MORE for week of August 31, 2020 - SEPTEMBER 3 P...Michael Rizzo
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Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
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This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
2. News Writing …
gives the reader information that will
impact them in some way. It usually
flows from most important to least
important.
“What is news? It is information only.” -
Walter Cronkite, former CBS News
anchor
3. Checklist for News Stories
Are the most important and recent facts first?
Is the story accurate? Are the sources identified
fully?
Are the paragraphs short?
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?
4. Pitfalls to Avoid
Editorializing - Keep your opinion out of the
story
Using first and second person - Keep yourself
out of the story. Common error “our school”
Missing the news peg
Messy handwriting, poor grammar and spelling
Paragraphs too long
Misspelling names in the story
Trying to use all of the information
5.
6. Inverted Pyramid
The Inverted
Pyramid of news
suggests that news
be told in order of
most interesting or
important to least
interesting or
important
7. Jack and Jill went up
the hill to fetch a pail of
water.
vs.
Jack suffered a skull
fracture and Jill is in
serious condition after
the pair tumbled down a
hill during their ritual
water-carrying chores
yesterday.
8. The ADMIRALS
basketball team played a
game yesterday
afternoon.
vs.
The ADMIRALS
basketball team beat
King’s College at home
yesterday in a thrilling
five-minute overtime
showdown between
neighboring rivals.
11. Most journalists
think the news lead
is the most
important part of the
news story. It is an
art work of concise
information that
captures the gist of
a news story in one
or two sentences.
12. Lead:
Most important information. Focus on newest
information. Focus on the future.
Question to ask yourself:
What do my readers need to know most???
13. Leads
Most straight news leads
should be summary leads.
That means they summarize
the 5 Ws and H of the story,
starting off with the most
important W or H.
14. Depending on the
nature of the story
and its driving
news elements, a
lead can focus on
one or a few of the
six question
words:
15. Types of News Leads:
Rarely use these...
“Who lead” - begins with a person. The person
is usually not the most important fact of the story.
“When lead” - begins with time. Rarely is the
time the most imporant factor.
“Where lead” - begins with the place. Hardly
ever is where the most important factor.
16. Types of News Leads:
Use these often...
“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.
17. Who lead
Governor Nestor Fongwan will make a brief
appearance at the CCDC junior high school
Thursday after giving a speech at the County Expo
Center.
Principal Jose Reyes announced Tuesday that
students will no longer be allowed to leave campus
for lunch due to excessive tardiness.
Not so good…
Better…
18. When lead
On Saturday Dr. Juan Cruz will speak to the junior high
school students about how important community organizing
and volunteering are to the country.
On Tuesday Jose Reyes announced that students will no
longer be able to leave campus for lunch.
Not so good…
Better…
19. Where lead
Maybe … probably yes.
In the principal’s office, the junior class dumped 30
kilos of sand to protest the cancellation of the senior trip
to Caramoan Island.
Avoid where leads
At the school board meeting on Tuesday, Principal Jose
Reyes announced that he has ended the off-campus lunch
policy.
20. How lead
Through a grass roots voting effort, grade
10 Gilbert Castillo won the SSG election
to become the youngest governor in the
school’s history.
21. Why lead
Because they wanted to carry on the
tradition, four seniors streaked across the
basketball court during the homecoming
pep rally wearing their tapis and and
g-strings.
22. What lead
The Harry Potter series and Lord
of the Rings series will be removed
from all school libraries this school
year.
23. Hat Banning: One Story, Six Possible Leads
Who? — The CCDC Board of Education
members passed a resolution yesterday banning
the wearing of hats in all school buildings.
What? — Hat wearing was banned in all school
buildings after the CCDC Board of Education
passed a new resolution yesterday.
24. Where? — In
CCDC yesterday,
the board of
education passed a
resolution to ban the
wearing of hats in all
school buildings.
When? —
Yesterday, the
CCDC Board of
Education passed a
resolution banning
hat wearing in all
school buildings.
25. How? — By a 6-1 margin last night, the CCDC
Board of Education passed a resolution banning
hat wearing in all school buildings.
Why? — Citing a pattern of early-onset
baldness among teenagers, the CCDC Board
of Education last night passed a resolution that
restricts hat wearing in all school buildings.
27. Direct Quotes:
Should be linked to the transition/lead before them. The
quote should elaborate on the transition.
For example:
Governor Nestor Fongwan will make a brief
appearance to the Junior high school students Thursday
after giving a speech at the County Expo Center.
“He is coming as a favor to me,” Principal Jose
Reyes said. “We worked together in La Trinidad as
community organizers. I hope he gets a chance to speak
to some juniors about what they can do for their
country.”
28. Direct Quotes:
Should not repeat the transition/lead before them.
For example:
Governor Nestor Fongwan will make a brief
appearance to junior high school students Thursday after
giving a speech at the County Expo Center.
“ After speaking at the Expo Center, the governor will
come to the high school for a short appearance,” Principal
Ike Sumter said.
29. Can be longer than one sentence.
Direct Quotes:
Should have attribution after the first sentence of
the quote.
Attribution should be: Noun then verb.
For example:
Correct - senior Bob Rodriguez said.
Incorrect - said senior Bob Rodriguez.
(unless you have an unusually long title)
Do not place two people’s direct quotes next to
each other without a transition.
31. Transitions
VERY IMPORTANT. Hold the story together. Link
the paragraphs together.
Can be fact, indirect quote or a partial quote.
For example - FACT TRANSITION:
(lead) Veteran Conrad Belweg will speak to seniors
Friday about his experience as a prisoner of war.
(Direct Quote)“Seniors will learn a lot about duty and
commitment when they hear Mr. Belweg,” Principal Jose
Reyes said. “We are so excited that he agreed to come.”
(Fact Transition) During world war II, Mr. Belweg was a
prisoner of war for five years.
32. Transitions
Can be fact, indirect quote or a partial quote.
For example - INDIRECT QUOTE TRANSITION:
(lead) Veteran Conrad Belweg will speak to
seniors Friday about his experience as a prisoner of
war.
(Direct Quote)“Seniors will learn a lot about
duty and commitment when they hear Mr. Belweg,”
Principal Jose Reyes said. “We are so excited that
he agreed to come.”
(IQ Transition) Sumter said he was moved after
hearing Mr. Belweg speak about his imprisonment.
33. Can be fact, indirect quote or a partial quote.
For example - PARTIAL QUOTE TRANSITION:
(lead) Mr. Conrad Belweg will speak to seniors
Friday about his experience as a prisoner of war.
(Direct Quote)“Seniors will learn a lot about duty
and commitment when they hear Mr. Belweg,”
Principal Jose Reyes said. “We are so excited that he
agreed to come.”
(Partial Quote Transition) Reyes said he “had tears
in his eyes” when he heard Mr. Belweg speak about his
imprisonment.
Transitions
34. Use transitional words to help with the flow
(as needed): After all, Also, Finally, In
addition, However, Otherwise, Then
For example:
In addition to speaking about his
experience as a prisoner of war, Mr. Belweg
also plans to talk to students about the
importance of voting.
Transitions
35. What types of
leads should
you use more?
Where
should you
place the
attribution
for a direct
quote?
How many
sentences
can a
direct
quote be?
What is the
purpose of the
transition?
What can a
transition
be?
Following a
transition,
what should a
direct quote
do?
Let’s Review …
36. What went wrong?
During the 2010-11 school year, our school has reported
22 fights so far. Last year, the school had 18 total fights.
“One of my friends got in a fight, but he didn’t start it. He
was defending himself,” said freshman Andy Opel.
In response to the escalating fights, the school district
hired the Teen Conflict Resolution Team to help students
solve disagreements through non-violent solutions.
After March 23, any student caught fighting on campus
must complete a TCRT non-violence workshop, in addition
to normal disciplinary actions.
“Students have to learn how to solve life’s problems
without violence, and this program will teach our students
just that,” said Mr. Brown.
“Now students will get suspended and be forced to attend
this program,” Opal said. “That’s just too much.”
37. Prompt Activity
1. Read the entire prompt.
2. Review it again, looking for the newest information.
Underline that information.
3. Highlight or underline the 5Ws and H.
4. Highlight or underline the most important people
interviewed. Highlight or underline the most essential
quotes.
5. Scratch out stupid, inane quotes.
6. Pay attention to the “Additional Information.”
7. Write your lead. How, why or what lead.
38. Prompt Activity
8. Write an additional info. paragraph if needed.
9. Use a direct quote (more than one sentence is okay).
10. Write a transition about the next most important thing.
11. Use a direct quote directly related to the transition above. If
it’s an indirect quote transition, use a direct quote from that
same person.
12. Write another transition about the next most important
thing.
13. Another direct quote.
14. Keep going.
39. Let’s practice!
• Follow the steps from “Prompt
Activity”
• Write as much as you can. Edit.
Write. Edit.
40. Senior Scholar Night at CCDC last night. About 250
people showed up. Seniors who applied for and won
scholarships were called up to the stage to accept their
awards. 7 seniors won scholarships of 17,000php or more
and 13 more earned scholarships of at least 10,000php.
Punch and cookies were served in the canteen after the
event, which lasted from 6 until 8:30 p.m. It is the third
straight year CCDC held such an event. “It’s become quite
a nice evening for parents and teachers and students to
get together to celebrate the accomplishments of our
young men and women.” That statement was taken from
Mr. Reyes, who is the senior high principal.