How to write blog like an old school journalist

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How to write blog like an old school journalist Bill Bennett How to write blog like an old school journalist

What is journalism?

Tell me something I don’t know What else is journalism?: Tell me something I don’t know

It’s all about me. My experience. Blogging: It’s all about me. My experience.

Get started straight away How to blog like a journalist: Get started straight away Begin by telling readers what the post is about Inverted pyramid Write so the material could be cut at any point and readers still have the maximum information

Write clearly, use understandable language, be unambiguous How to blog like a journalist: Write clearly, use understandable language, be unambiguous Use simple words, grammar and sentences Prefer Anglo-Saxon words to French or Latin ones

Go easy on adjectives and adverbs Use lots of full stops How to blog like a journalist: Go easy on adjectives and adverbs Use lots of full stops Keep sentences short, less that 20 words where you can. Less than 15 words is better Paragraphs should be three or four sentences: 40 to 50 words

Aim to write short, crisp posts How to blog like a journalist: Aim to write short, crisp posts “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” Most people think it was Mark Twain; it was Blaise Pascal, a French Mathematician. Readers tire at 200 words and drop out at 300. Prefer this length, but experiment with longer ones too

Try to picture your reader while you are writing How to blog like a journalist: Try to picture your reader while you are writing Write it as if you were talking to them

How to blog like a journalist: Avoid: - ‘Be’ words - Exclamation marks! - Cliches - Overdoing ‘chatty’ - Words in CAPITALS

If possible get someone else to read before posting How to blog like a journalist: Learn grammar Spell check If possible get someone else to read before posting

Writing is story telling How to blog like a journalist: Writing is story telling

How to blog like a journalist Questions

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