2. Today’s quiz
In which of these sentences is punctuated incorrectly?
A. “Do we have a quiz today?” Steve Buttry asked.
B. “We have a quiz today”, Steve Buttry said.
C. “No quiz today!” Steve Buttry shouted.
D. “We have a quiz today,” Steve Buttry said.
Email your answer to brouzan94@gmail.com. with
“MC2010 quiz” as the subject line.
3. Geaux Academic Workshop
• Wednesday (tomorrow), 5:30-7:30 p.m.
• Holliday Forum
• Pizza
• Help with study habits, time management
• Extra credit: bump one writing exercise up a + or -
5. Partial quotes
• Partial quotes are better than long, meandering
quotes.
• Quote a single word only if the word itself is
important to attribute to the speaker
6.
7. Characteristics of a news story
• It tell you something that has happened recently
• What has happened is interesting or important
• Neutral voice
• Informative, not argumentative or persuasive
• Filled with facts
8. Who? What? When? Where?
Why? How?
Interesting quotes, facts
More info, background
Details
Etc.
9. Inverted pyramid
• Most important, interesting news goes at top of story,
followed by other facts of diminishing importance
• Developed in Civil War; if telegraph lines went down,
most important information had been transmitted
• In linotype and cold type age, last paragraphs of
stories could be cut easily if story didn’t fit hole
• Gives scanning reader news quickly
10. Problems with inverted pyramid?
• Inhibits storytelling
• Invites reader to stop reading at any time
11. Why pyramid style is important
• Important for press releases (editor/news director
doesn’t give you very long to capture attention)
• Helpful in digital age (reader scans quickly, moves on)
• Helpful in mobile (have to get to the point on small
screen)
• Helpful in email newsletter (reader judges in first few
seconds)