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	News style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		News style encompasses not only vocabulary and sentence structure, but also the way in which stories present the information in terms of relative importance, tone, and intended audience.
		There are debated degrees of professionalism among particular news agencies, and their reputability or public value, according to professional standards of idealism and depending on what the reader wants from a news story, may be tied to their ability to be objective.
		This makes writing a lede an optimization problem, in which the goal is to articulate the most encompassing and interesting statement that a writer can make in one sentence, given the material with which he or she has to work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/News_writing (1120 words)

	Lawan Yakubu Babura: NEWS WRITING TECHNIQUES
		The golden rule for writing about anything is to know what it is because nobody can write about what he or she does not know.
		News writing differs from creative writing as it deals with facts, especially for radio which emphasizes on hard, solid facts.
		Now that we have an idea of what the word news entails and the basic tools of the trade, it is still necessary for the reporter to know what the news story he or she wants to write is all about.
	www.digitaldivide.net /blog/lyakubu/view?PostID=7227 (2259 words)

	Basic News Writing - William Parks, Instructor of Journalism - Ohlone College
		Actually, it is worse than worthless; a false news story undercuts the public trust necessary for the survival of a free press.
		News writing is always tight, but the lead calls for special care.
		Although the news writing style tries to put the most important information in the beginning, in order to draw in readers, it is also important to save something for a good ending.
	www.ohlone.edu /people/bparks/basic_news_writing.html (2684 words)

	Columbia News ::: Writing Program Continues Tradition of Innovation
		When Logic and Rhetoric became the writing component of Columbia College's core curriculum in 1986, it was both an innovative method of writing instruction and a foundation for future undergraduate study.
		Bizup added that the first-year students enrolled in the new course were randomly selected in order to have the most accurate gauge of the new course's efficacy.
		Other plans include the creation of a writing center, which would offer undergraduates one-on-one assistance with their writing to complement the work they are doing in their courses.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/02/09/core_curriculum_writing.html (796 words)

	Poynter Online - Writing News Online
		Because your readers are getting their news online, chances are they are more interested in Internet-related stories than TV viewers or newspaper readers, so it may make sense to put greater emphasis on such stories.
		Writing for the Web should be a cross between broadcast and print -- tighter and punchier than print, but more literate and detailed than broadcast writing.
		With so many alternative news sources now at everyone's fingertips thanks to the Web, it is now more important than ever that we stick to the fundamentals of journalism to produce news people can trust, because in the end that's what will keep people coming back for more.
	www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=41309 (1672 words)

	USC College : News : writing program
		Her 340 students are not only assigned to read and write about their scientific fields, they are invited to deeply consider and interpret some of its implications.
		The Writing Program at USC College was established as an independent unit in 1978, in response to a renewed interest in rhetoric and linguistics and a widespread cultural perception that writing needed to be taught at an undergraduate level.
		Writing Program Director John Holland notes that by the time students are juniors and seniors, they have matured as both writers and critical thinkers.
	www.usc.edu /schools/college/news/writing_program (620 words)

	News Releases
		News releases may accompany letters of correspondence, or they may be distributed to media outlets by themselves.
		The news story format is written in just the same way that reporters write news stories, and it provides more details than the tip sheet format.
		News story format releases are frequently used in newspapers and magazines in the exact form in which they were sent (especially if it’s a small-circulation newspaper or magazine), with little or no editing.
	mediarelations.ifas.ufl.edu /writingnewsreleasesandPSAs.htm (1686 words)

	Poynter Online - Colorful News Writing? Try 1923
		The news writing of today is clearer, more direct, more relevant, and more responsible than that of our great grandparents.
		I regret to say, however, that the news writing of today -- contrasted to these antique volumes -- is much less colorful, and a hell of a lot less fun.
		Accuracy is the first consideration with a news story; and, in the broad sense, it is equally important in the main stream of literature -- the accuracy of true psychology, of convincing character drawing, of the right word.
	www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=61628 (976 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Get Writing With “Weekend News!”
		Students then write for approximately 20 minutes (depending on the grade level), self-assess their writing, and share their "weekend news" with the class.
		Writing is kept together in a student portfolio and is used to plan the next minilesson and assess students' writing development throughout the year.
		Decide which writing skill or strategy your students need to learn and prepare a minilesson to use before beginning the "weekend news" writing activity.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=102 (1373 words)

	Notes From A Writing Coach : News/Blog
		Write a theme statement, he says, and simply start writing from the theme.
		Writing coach Steve Buttry, who is now director of tailored programs at the American Press Institute, takes the idea a step further.
		Steve says you should start writing from the beginning, when the story is still at the idea stage, and continue to write in bits in spare moments as you are gathering your material.
	www.writingcoach.zoomshare.com (1908 words)

	Writing a News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The purpose of the news is to provide information to a wide audience of readers.
		Writing a news article is different from your standard English essay.
		There is no conclusion in a news story, your last paragraph will be the least important facts.
	www.guhsd.net /mcdowell/wq/ir/news_story.htm (191 words)

	Math Trek: From Counting to Writing, Science News Online, March 11, 2006
		The signs chosen for this new role were the symbols for the two basic measures of grain.
		Before writing, the patterns were largely geometric; after writing, there was narrative, she says.
		At the same time, art influenced writing, helping it shift from a mundane accounting tool to an evocative form of expression, beginning as a way to preserve the names of deceased members of a family.
	www.sciencenews.org /articles/20060311/mathtrek.asp (1656 words)

	Writing a News Story
		Soft news (+/-600 words): This is a term for all the news that isn't time-sensitive.
		News features are less time-sensitive than hard news but no less newsworthy.
		One of the most important elements of news writing is the opening paragraph or two of the story.
	www.media-awareness.ca /english/resources/special_initiatives/toolkit_resources/tipsheets/writing_news_story.cfm (1446 words)

	Writing tips
		What you write can influence decisions, help form public opinions of people and contribute to the general attitude of your readers toward NIU and life in general.
		All the work of producing a news story is futile if the story does not engage the reader immediately.
		Writing coaches have identified four key elements that should be present in the first five paragraphs of any news story (not necessarily in any particular order).
	www.star.niu.edu /nina/highschool/write.html (1495 words)

	The Write News -- Writing, Publishing and Internet News
		Where a new HBO service gets sticky-and why it has taken so long to put together-is that a new broadband offering would put HBO into competition with the cable and satellite operators that now pay the bulk of the estimated $3.5 billion a year in revenues HBO generates.
		The New York Post is proud of its circulation numbers and they should be as they are now the 5th highest circulation newspaper in the country -- ahead of the New York Daily News and the Washington Post.
		New data was released from the Audit Bureau of Circulations for the sixth month period ending September 30th.
	www.writenews.com (4021 words)

	CFNA Online: Writing A News Release
		News writing is both a skill and an art.
		In news writing, a title immediately after a name is set off with commas and not capitalized.
		News is that which interrupts the status quo.
	www.cfnaonline.com /articles/newsrel.html (1497 words)

	Newswriting.com; A Resource For Journalists
		NBC News, like most legitimate news organizations, has a long history of annoying leaders from both parties who never seem to get the fact that what’s news and how it’s defined, isn’t up to them.
		Some of the critics, however, come from within the journalism community and are anything but “right wing.” I suspect their main complaint arises from that third part of the news agenda.
		But the drive to be “first” is part of every news operation, and it very likely played a role here (yes, technically they weren’t “first.” The Los Angeles Times and others have used “Civil War” from time to time, but NBC got there first in the only race it cares about...
	www.newswriting.com (559 words)

	Broadcast News Writing
		Writing news feature storyboards envolves explaining how the audio (sounds) and the shots, (visual details) will present the researched background facts and information.
		Breaking news and daily announcements are usually written into a teleprompter to be read on-air by announcers.
		Writing breaking news and daily announcements involves presenting information in short stories between 15 seconds and 1 minute long.
	www.mashell.com /~parr5/news_writing.htm (978 words)

	News: On writing: 1
		I may only have been writing (properly) for a mere six months but I feel already that I have evolved into a writer and that it is the right path for me. I am able to look upon the world around me and allow to influence the things I write.
		The world of writing should not be hindered by publishers who want to find that next big seller.
		While the writing community here on DeviantArt and in the world-at-large can be very supportive I have seen people make statements such as yours and then recieve the cruelest criticsm when their work does not support the claim.
	news.deviantart.com /article/9468 (924 words)

	Write All About It: Newspapers: The Traditional Structure of News Writing [English Online]
		In news writing the angle is the approach taken in presenting a story.
		Choose a topic for a news story such as a chemical spill.
		The intro or introduction is the first sentence of a news story.
	english.unitecnology.ac.nz /resources/units/paperprod/structure.html (331 words)

	Writing straight news leads
		Every news story begins with a lead (pronounced LEED), so learning to write a good lead is the first step in learning to write a good story.
		Rule #1: A straight news lead should be a single paragraph consisting of a single sentence, should contain no more than 30 words, and should summarize, at minimum, the most newsworthy "what," "where" and "when" of the story.
		You might be tempted to write the lead like this: "Fire destroyed a house on Main Street early this morning." And doing so would be just fine if your lead were going to be published that same day.
	mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11178 /171/leads.htm (881 words)

	ABC News: Writing About Wal-Mart
		March 9, 2006 — When you write a book about Wal-Mart, the world's biggest and perhaps most powerful retailer, you'd better be sure to choose your title wisely.
		Writing about a company as big and influential as Wal-Mart had its challenges.
		ABC News is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/story?id=1707723 (412 words)

	BBC News \| Sci/Tech \| 'Earliest writing' found
		The first known examples of writing may have been unearthed at an archaeological dig in Pakistan.
		Last year it was suggested that the oldest writing might have come from Egypt.
		This is about the same time, or slightly earlier, to the primitive writing developed by the Sumerians of the Mesopotamian civilisation around 3100 BC.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/334517.stm (574 words)

	Hard News Writing (Kurtzman and Jerz)
		Hard news articles are written so the the reader can stop reading at any time, and still come away with the whole story.
		This is very different from an essay, which presumes that the audience will stick around to the end, and can therefore build to a finish.
		In a straight news story, it's best to get the most important information in your story up to the top-- your reader will often stop reading after the first few paragraphs, so its important that they have a good grasp of the story.
	jerz.setonhill.edu /writing/journalism/news.htm (837 words)

	News Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		News writing is totally objective, backed by confirmation and attribution from appropriate, knowledgeable sources.
		Lead intrigues reader; story is organized around a theme that engages and sustains reader attention; conclusion stamps the feature in a reader’s mind.
		An in-depth look at what’s going on behind the news and the trends that shape and affect our lives.
	www.umaine.edu /mcsj/WritingBlurbs.htm (246 words)

	News Release Writing and Distribution
		As former reporters and news people, we take a journalistic approach to PR, which raises your credibility and increases your chances for coverage.
		All news releases are written in AP style vs.
		We know immediately whether your news is worth a news release, a media pitch, a trend release, a phone call, an e-mail or a major news announcement.
	www.wolfepr.com /writing.html (207 words)

	Writing on the Run - In the News
		Fact is, a few days ago at the post office, the postal clerk glanced at his return address and launched into a l-o-n-g story about how her cat has touched her life.
		The Andersons, you see, are the authors of a new book about exploring the spiritual connection between animals and humans.
		Writing on the Run is a trademark term
	www.writingontherun.com /inthenews.html (1403 words)

	Resource: News Writing
		A natural choice for students pursuing journalism or communications, News Writing is also an excellent resource for improving general writing skills, producing a school or university paper, continuing education for working journalists, or teacher professional development.
		Reporters and editors from diverse news organizations — including The Washington Post, The National Enquirer, and CNN — discuss editorial decision making and define news as it relates to journalism ethics and the news writing process.
		Professionals from Capitol Records and the Golden State Warriors discuss the similarities of writing press releases and hard news stories, while sympathetic and unsympathetic journalists — including Andy Rooney (CBS) and Susan Antilla (The New York Times) — comment on the role of PR in the news.
	www.learner.org /resources/series44.html (816 words)

	Writing a News Release \| NACCHO
		A news release detailing a new program or event is a great way to let media and others know about your activities.
		It is important to have a clear objective for developing a news release.
		We have also provided you a news release template and sample to guide you in your efforts.
	www.naccho.org /advocacy/MarketingPublicHealth_guide_news_release.cfm (517 words)

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