1. Writing News Articles

2. This is NOT your typical English class
We don’t write 5 paragraph essays
We don’t start our writing with silly questions or hypothetical statements.
What is journey?
Imagine a world without conflict.
We don’t wait to give our facts until you read further. We throw them at our readers in our first sentence!

3. The  of a news article: 5Ws and 1H
Who: people involved in event
What: events that happened
Where: location of event
When: time & date of event
Why: reasons why event occurred
How: important details of event

4. Lead First sentence (or two) of a news article.
Stands as its own paragraph.
Contains as many of the 5Ws and 1H as necessary to give important information to your readers.
Developed because of the telegraph (needed to get information across quickly).
This is your chance to grab readers’ attention!

5. Inverted pyramid format
Shows the “shape” of a news
article.
Starts with broad statements in
the lead (in general terms, what happened?)
As you read further, more specific
details are given. Thus, the writer
narrows his/her focus
The bottom of the article contains the
least important information (just in case your
layout editor needs to cut down the article-
you don’t want to lose important info!)

6. Stick to the facts News articles are free from bias and opinion
Present the facts- educate your reader about your topic- and let your reader make up his/her own opinion