1. HOW TO WRITE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

2. INVERTED PYRAMID WRITING
Information they MUST have for your communication to be successful
Additional information that is helpful but not crucial
Be nice if they had it
Crucial information must go at the beginning
They could stop reading at any time

3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
What are the causes of the accident? What was the reason? What safeguards are available? How does it happen?
LEAD
That who, what, when, where, and why of the story. What is the accident called? How many people have died?

4. Final paragraph: any final information summing up the story
CONCLUSION
Final paragraph: any final information summing up the story
MORE INFORMATION
What people should do if affected? What plans are there to combat it in the future?
INTERVIEW
An interview with the affectee ,with the survivor or victim. Try to incorporate any quotation

10. WHAT MAKES THE ARTICLE NEWAPAPER-ISH
How is the article set out structurally? (think about it’s layout, how paragraphs are used, sentence lengths, etc.).
How would you describe the language used in a newspaper? How is it different from the way you would talk/ write to you friend?
How is information ordered in a newspaper? Think about what comes first, second, …….. Last?)

11. What you need to do?
Go through your research and highlight in different colours the information you will use in you:
Lead
Background Information
Interview
More Information
Conclusions