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Writing the news

Writing the news. It’s a ‘five-second-grab’ world out there. Your news story. The 5 Ws (and 1 H) who , what, when , where , why. And how . Your news story. Present a ‘hook’ or angle c learly in the title and in your first, concise paragraph

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Writing the news

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  1. Writing the news It’s a ‘five-second-grab’ world out there

  2. Your news story The 5 Ws (and 1 H) who, what, when,where, why. And how.

  3. Your news story • Present a ‘hook’ or angle clearly in the title and in your first, concise paragraph • Always think of the reader: how can a story be developed to get them in? • Six words: ‘I want to tell you about’

  4. Apply the ‘so what?’ principle

  5. Your news story • Use the inverted pyramid to structure information

  6. Your news story • Inverted pyramid: most important information first • Content: facts, and answering the 5Ws and one H • The ‘lead’ must grab attention and make the publicinterested by the first paragraph

  7. Your news story • Headlines ‘punchy’, direct • News up front (inverted pyramid) • You can use a quote • Write so your Dad will understand it • Save detail for the end (background facts) • Active not passive voice

  8. So what’s news? What’s news? 1: Hard news: facts, strong introduction and ‘descending order’ of news values; i.e. most important information at the top, least important information at the bottom • Hard news is usually on the first five pages of a paper • Big, bold headlines • ‘Major’ stories: • wars • murders • politics

  9. So what’s news? • 2: Soft news: often ‘human interest’ stories • Requires different writing treatment • Feature style or a ‘colour’ story • Sits beside hard news, often features photos • Stories about people, quirky events, animals

  10. Look for the human Look for the ‘human angle’ to any story. These are the stories audiences will connect with.

  11. What is news? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8Okb16okE Writing the lead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZRuo-XePe0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdbqBuF0PY How to write a story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXCyjr-XcgE&feature=endscreen&NR=1

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