COM-225 Lecture 4: Writing for Newspaper
27 Sep 2016
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Most important words a journalist writes ! Takes a great deal of skill ! Must contain a subject and a verb and an object : ex. President threatens veto of new tax bill ! Sometimes a verb is understood but not stated ! Do not repeat what you said in the headline in your article ! Base on main idea of story ! If facts are not in story, do not use in headline ! Use present tense that refer to past or present events ! For future tense use to go or to run , not will! Do not use articles a an and ! Avoid using unclear or little known names, phrases ! Do not start headline with a verb ! Avoid words like hit, ay, hike, nix, nab, slate ! Most common structure for writing news stories ! Concentrates on most interesting and important information at the top of the story !
