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Writing a story for web car
This document provides guidance on writing stories for the web. It outlines seven deadly sins to avoid such as pride, apathy, and ignorance. It also describes steps for story-building such as listening to find the story, determining where it's likely to be found, and specifying the field. The document discusses the invisible web that search engines don't index and recommends using primary search engines to locate databases and then search within those databases. It also covers different types of stories, structures, leads, and endings to use when writing for the web.
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- 1. Writing a storyfor Web By Anna Poludenko
- 2. I’ll have myarticle pulled together in no time
- 3. The Seven DeadlySins • 1. Pride • 2. Rush • 3. Comprehensive search VS focus • 4. Apathy • 5. Don’t use the same source for every search • 6. Don’t be narrow minded • 7. Ignorance
- 4. Story-building Steps 1. Listento find the story (listen VS monitor?) 2. Where is it likely to be? 3. What search tool might provide it? (search engines, subject directories) 4. Specify the field
- 5. I FAILED TOSEE HOW FILMING A CAT MAKES ME A CITIZEN JOURNALIST
- 6. The Invisible orCloaked Web • Search engine index – less than 10% of the web. • Google – less than 6% of all available.
- 7. Use primary searchengines to locate the database (I want jobs in Honolulu) Search within those database.
- 8. Writing= story telling •Hard news - event driven • Profile – microcosmos • Trend stories – light features, hard news, soft news – changes in demographics. • Opinion – reviews, editorial, columns – people from the community who has something interesting.
- 9. Structure I 1. TheInverted Pyramid • - most important • - details later • - critics
- 10. II • Top (lead – hard news) • Transition • Typical chronicle • Narrative
- 11. III • The anecdotallead - mini-story
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- 13. Lead • Intrigue! • Straight, • Feature • Dangerous • Prohbited
- 14. Straight • Summarize theinformation. • Quick into the story. • Blind – drop important details but leave something the most important. • The basic building block but doesn’t have to be boring. • Which details to use in the first paragraph and which to skipp.
- 15. Feature • Anecdotal –quick story that demonstrates. • Narrative – give a sense of a place people • Scene-setter – description of where the event is taking place. • Significant detail. • Word play.
- 16. Dangerous • The storyis supposed to answer the questions not ask them. - Mishandle the question - the quote - the topic - Ineffective quotes to loose its power. -General description
- 17. Prohibited Leads • They are heeeere • Its official • He leaned back in his chair • The dictionary definition.
- 18. Nut graph • Themain theme statement of the story : here is what my story is about to get my information out straight forward. Followed by paragraphs that answer key questions
- 19. Transition • Signals thatthe story is moving from one point to another
- 20. The three-legged stool • Statistics • Example • Quote
- 21. Ending • Circling back •Looking forward