Newswriting Articles
L - AP Style
One of the foundations of good newswriting is the consistency in style provided by the Associated Press in its Associated Press Stylebook and libel manual.
The Paper: Talon Marks Editor Panel
Follow this link to watch the Talon Marks editor panel responding to "The Paper: The Documentary." (Requires Quicktime plug-in for your browser.) www.newswritiong.org/ThePaperPanel/paper_panel_small.mov
L - Copyediting
While the use of computers, spellcheckers and the such make creating error-free documents easier these days, it is still valuable to know how to properly edit paper copy.
L - S.T.O.P. Leads
A simple formula for stories about upcoming events.
L - What is News?
What is News? Take a few moments and write a simple definition of what news is. What is news to you? Such an exercise is valuable, but futile.
L - Inverted Pyramid
The basic newswriting style we will be studying this semester is something called the inverted pyramid style of writing. It is not quite as old as the dinosaurs, but sometimes it feels like it.
L - Lists
Some exercises on how to punctuate lists.
L - Blind and Delayed ID Leads
Rich Cameron
Want to write a good lead? One tip that most writers --both beginning and experienced-- miss is to find out who the story is about and put that person or group in the lead.
L - Leads
With an emphasis on types of summary leads
Now we're going to look at the toughest part of that structure: the lead, or beginning of the story.
L - Localizing the Story
One of the news elements that makes stories newsworthy --that news peg again-- is localness.
L - Attribution
When you write a story, your job as a reporter includes gatherin information from a variety of sources. When you present the information you are not the expert, your sources are. So you need to attribute things such as quotes or disputable facts to your sources.
L - Multi-element lead stories
Most of the stories we've looked at so far have had just one main element on which to build them. We call these types of stories single-element stories. You look for and find the most important or interesting item and then feature it in the lead. But not every story is that simple.
L - Interviewing
The reporter's job is to gather information from a variety of sources, synthesize that information and prepare it for dissemination. The No. 1 way in which a reporter gathers information is through interviewing. It's so basic, but so difficult for so many.
Grading the major assignments
How I grade the deadline, Fire and City Council assignments.
