News Lead Writing You have the 5 W’s and H…so now what?

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

MODULE 13: EDITING Editing The collaboration of writer and editor improves CONTENT. WHEN EDITOR AND WRITER WORK TOGETHER FROM THE BEGINNING, CONTENT.

Advertisements

1 Writing News Releases Polly Howes University of Georgia.

Writing Story Leads Chapter 6. Objectives After this unit, you should After this unit, you should Understand the elements of lead (rhymes with seed) writing.

Types of News Stories It is important to distinguish the various types of news stories because the term “news” is very broad. In categorizing news, we.

Introduction to Journalism

News & Feature Writing Part 2.

News Report - Structure News Report - Structure Why am I learning this? Its a writing task on the OSSLT – March 31 st, 2011.Its a writing task on the OSSLT.

News writing … gives the reader information that will impact them in some way. It usually flows from most important to least important (inverted Pyramid).

Introduction to Journalism

Columns Digital Journalism DASA. Columns  In a news story, the reporter is simply a provider of facts and quotes from news sources. In a column, the.

How to structure hard and soft news By: Chris Rodriguez, Isabella Carvajal.

How Teachers Grade Essays By: Michael Pueppke Edited by: UWC Staff (© DBU University Writing Center)

Expository Writing.

Writing News Story Leads  Understanding the elements of lead writing  Understanding inverted pyramid structure  Know how to write traditional “AP” or.

A Student Guide REVISING AND EDITING.  Revising is taking another look at your writing and making changes to it.  Editing is proofreading or correcting.

WEEK 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 10 Journalism 1. Bell work ALL ALL bell work from (Bell work # 11) this point forward will be hand written in class in the students.

It’s Not Like Any Other Writing You’ve Done!

Introduction to Journalism Inverted Pyramid & Journalism Vocabulary.

Journalistic Writing and the 5 W’s. …  News style (also journalistic style or news writing style) is the prose style used for news reporting in media.

Introduction to Journalistic Writing Western Literature December 1, 2014 Objectives: Students will be able to describe the differences between analytical.

WEEK 10, 11 AND 12 Journalism 1. Bell work ALL ALL bell work from (Bell work # 21) this point forward will be hand written in class in the students journal.

News Writing By Michael Flax A News story The Inverted Pyramid It tells the story in a logical sequence. It organizes information from _____________________.

WRITING THE STORY. KEY CONCEPTS  Grabbing the reader’s attention  Creating flow in the story  Organization styles  What to avoid  Copyediting and.

Elements of a News Story Who, What, When, Where, Why?

THE WRITING PROCESS. Prewriting It is the process of freely exploring ideas, choosing a topic, and gathering and organizing details before you write.

G. Herbst  Copy has three basic parts: 1. Lead 2. Quote 3. Transition  Copy is always written in past tense, active voice  Copy generally.

Writing Your Story Mcom-100W. 5 Ws Who, What, When, Where, Why How These elements should be covered within the first few paragraphs of a news story.

Principles of Journalism 1/24/2014 Recitation Section: 150 Blog Expectations/What Makes a Good Source/Newspaper Assignment.

How to write PRESS RELEASE. Press release a written statement or announcement to the media or your „TICKET TO PUBLICITY“ is not written by professioanl.

E XPLORING J OURNALISM AND THE M EDIA © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 6 Slide 1 Writing for Publication Identifying the Central Point.

 A news report is a short factual account of the news of the day.  It presents only the facts and NEVER the opinion of the person who is writing it.

BY SABELO DLAMINI.  A press release is a summary of facts about a programme or issue on which you want media attention.

WRITING A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE!. Headline 1.The headline is the title of your news article. 2.It is a very brief summary of your news article. 3.The headline.

Chapter 2 Writing for Visual Media. Chapter 2, 7th edition – RTV 220 What’s your understanding of journalism? Look at style outline What are the challenges.

News Writing Inverted Pyramid Beginning Journalism Kathy Habiger.

NEWS RELEASES Comm 260W. Writing a News Release 1. Identify the point you are trying to make – the theme. 2. For whom are you writing – who is the audience?

Writer’s Craft A Good Paragraph A good paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence. A topic sentence tells the main idea of the paragraph. The other.

News Writing Unit: Writing Good Leads Beginning Journalism.

News Writing News writing is also called journalistic writing.

HOW TO WRITE NEWS REPORTS. WHAT IS A NEWS REPORT? A news report is a special form of writing that follows a very specific structure. Today we will learn.

Intro to Newspaper. Newspaper Style Writing for the newspaper is different from the writing that you do in English class. We follow the rules and guidelines.

Chapter 7 Writing News Stories and Headlines. Building on the Lead The lead is the hook, then you reel in the reader One way to hold the reader’s interest.

Profiles. Lead The lead grabs the reader’s attention The lead is concise The lead is clear The lead starts with a key thought that relates to the rest.

By Jeanne Acton, UIL/ILPC Journalism Director. News writing … gives the reader information that will impact them in some way. It usually flows from most.

JOURNALISM & LITERARY JOURNALISM. Journalistic Writing “Journalists cannot march in the parade. They can only stand on the curb and write about what goes.

Writing News Leads Chapter 6. The Inverted Pyramid Main facts first (lead) Main facts first (lead) Most important to least important details Most important.

1.Choose a world, national or local news article that is informative and interesting. The article may be from a newspaper or magazine. Please no articles.

News story structures. Time Out Here are some quick pointers about journalistic style… Begin all paragraphs with high interest words No articles, proper.

Writing News Stories and Headlines Chapter 7. Most Important Skill: Writing Be a reader Understand the fundamentals: spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

How to Write a Summary using Step Up to Writing

By Jeanne Acton, UIL/ILPC Journalism Director News Writing Let’s talk about …

TAPP Topic Audience Purpose Plan. Topic (The Main Idea) Sports Friends School Pets.

Improving news writing

Writing Narrative Stories

Introduction to Journalism

Introduction to Journalism

Synthesis Essay English 11.

Writing Effective Newspaper Articles

Introduction to Newspaper Writing

Today’s goals Introduce elements of writing style

Writing Effective Newspaper Articles

You will be given the answer.

Opinion Essay Checklist

Types of Writing and the Writing Process

Writing News Articles.

Introduction to Journalism

Inverted Pyramid.

Introduction to Journalism

Journalism Unit Bobcat Beat

Presentation transcript:

News Lead Writing You have the 5 W’s and H…so now what?

News Lead Most frequently the first paragraph of a news story It is the MOST important paragraph Leads have to grab readers attentions and hold on!!

Journalistic writers use the Inverted Pyramid

News Articles The broad part at the top is where the main facts go; this is your lead. As you progress in your article, the facts become less important; this is where the pyramid narrows. This style allows readers in a hurry to get the important information, without having to read the whole article.

Summary Lead Formula Start with the news (The first annual Homecoming dance) … Then an attribution –where or who provided the information (the Spirit advisors)… Follow with a verb (proclaimed)… End with a time element (will be held on Friday night after the football game)

Read the lead… The Spirit advisors proclaimed that the first annual Titans Homecoming dance will be held Friday night after the football game.

Lead Guidelines Get the reader’s attention honestly and quickly. Be creative, interesting and make the best use of the material you have. Be objective – not your opinion. Be smooth, concise and readable. Summarizes the entire story but uses the best elements – not all of them.

Does the lead summarize the main facts of the story in one or two sentences? Is it written in a succinct and direct, yet interesting, way? Does the lead avoid expressing the writer’s opinion? Has the writer avoided beginning with a question or a quote? Is the lead correctly punctuated and free from capitalization and spelling errors? Checklist

Assignment Write the lead for the story you have researched from your list.