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News Writing By Michael Flax

A News story

A News story

The Inverted Pyramid It tells the story in a logical sequence. It organizes information from __________________________________________.

_____________________________________________________________________. The Inverted Pyramid Lead: __________________________________ ___________________________________________. Most Important Details: _____________________________________________________________________. Less Important Details: _____________________________________________________________________. Least Important Details: _________________.

News Writing Formula Lead- news peg (newest info) _________________________

Crop Test This is how you ________________________________________ ________________________________________ _______________________________________.

Crop Test (cont.) Read each paragraph and _____________________________ _____________________________ _________________ of the story. If it is not, it can be cropped out of the story without _____________________________ _____________________________ ________________.

Reason for the Crop Test When the stories go on the page, they do not often fit just right. Mostly there is only enough time to fix minor mistakes. That way, if it does not fit properly, _________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _________________.

The Storytelling Pattern Invites the reader with an indirect lead. It goes on to give the pertinent facts and information, and it ends with a clincher.

Clincher A statement that ________ __________________________________________. Or It ___________________ ___________________________________________ _________________________________________.

Storytelling Pattern Lead Fact Clincher

The Storytelling Pattern This for a more playful type of story. Caution: _____________ __________________________________________. Make sure you keep a news story news.

Choosing an Organizational Pattern No one organizational pattern is right for every story. Sometimes a blend – putting a storytelling lead on an inverted pyramid story – works better than just have one or the other pattern.

Choosing an Organizational Pattern Hard news stories are written in the inverted pyramid pattern. ____________

Choosing an Organizational Pattern Features and timeless stories often follow the storytelling pattern. Human interest news stories ______________________.

Writing the News Story Joseph Pulitzer had said: ______________________________________________. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________.

Writing the News Story Checking facts with more than one source is a good habit to develop.

Objectivity Reporters report facts. Reporters must avoid ___________________________________________. The reporters job is to look at news _______________ _____________________.

Objectivity The reporter writes the news He/she does not ________ _____________________. Once a reporter becomes part of the news ________ ____________________________________________ ______________________.

Words to be careful with: Objectivity Adjectives and adverbs describe things and events, but some can imply opinion. Words to be careful with: __________ ____________ ____________

Point of View News should be written from a ____________________. It should be written as though the writer was standing back, __________ ____________________________________________ ______________________.

Point of View _________________________________________. Again, the news writer is an observer/ not a part of the news.

Point of View The ____________________ ___________________________ ____________________. YOU gives a ____________. It tells the reader how to think and what to do. Although it is implied in editorials and reviews, _____ ___________________________ ____________________.

Readability Short sentences and short paragraphs make news appear ________________ ______________________. Sentences in a story average ____________________; some will be longer and some will be shorter. _____________________________________________.

Readability (cont.) The subject-verb-object order is preferred for quick, easy reading. _____________________________________________ _can often become long and sometimes hard to read.

Transitions Key words, phrases and entire paragraphs that ____ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ______________________.

Transitions (cont.) They also ______________ ______________________. It breaks up quotes (____________). They help to prevent _____________. Also, they can ___________ ______________________

Transitions (cont.) Sometimes they set up ____________________________________. They are the __________ _________________________________________.

Works Cited McCutheon, Randall; Schaffer, James; and Stofer, Kathryn T. Journalism Matters. “Chapter 6: Writing a News Story. Lincolnwood,” Il. 2001 Pgs 123-142.