News Writing

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News writing is essential for any journalist. It covers the basics of writing news articles, including the 5 W's and H, inverted pyramid style, and headline writing.

Journalism ethics: Understanding the ethical principles and guidelines that govern journalism.
News gathering techniques: Learning how to gather information through interviews, research, and observation.
News writing styles: Familiarizing yourself with different writing styles used in news, such as inverted pyramid and narrative storytelling.
Headline writing: Mastering the art of writing compelling headlines that accurately summarize the story.
News sources: Knowing how to identify and evaluate sources to maintain credibility.
Interviewing techniques: Developing effective interviewing skills that lead to insightful quotes and information.
Fact-checking: Learning how to thoroughly verify information before publishing.
Associated Press style: Understanding the rules and conventions of the AP Stylebook, a widely used guide for news writing.
Press releases: Learning how to write and distribute effective press releases.
News judgment: Developing the ability to recognize and prioritize news for reporting and publishing.
Hard news: This is the most important type of journalism where reporters cover events, incidents, or occurrences that are significant or impactful.
Soft news: This type of news is not as pressing as hard news and covers lifestyle topics such as arts, entertainment, sports, and culture.
Investigative journalism: This type of journalism involves in-depth reporting and research to uncover hidden information about an organization, government or corporation.
Opinion journalism: This type of journalism expresses the personal views of the news writer and highlights their subjective views on specific issues.
Feature writing: This type of journalism aims to provide a story or a background to a particular event or issue, often including direct quotes from those involved.
Broadcast journalism: This type of journalism covers radio and television news broadcasts and programs, and is often delivered in a matter-of-fact style.
Magazine journalism: This type of journalism is featured in a magazine, and focuses on in-depth coverage of specific topics or themes.
Photojournalism: This type of journalism tells a story through photographs and often accompanies written news pieces.
Citizen journalism: This type of journalism involves ordinary individuals using social media and other online platforms to share news and information.
Online journalism: This type of journalism involves writing and publishing news on the internet, including webpages, blogs, social media, and news apps.
"News style, journalistic style, or news-writing style is the prose style used for news reporting in media such as newspapers, radio, and television."
"News writing attempts to answer all the basic questions about any particular event—who, what, when, where and why (the Five Ws) and also often how—at the opening of the article."
"This form of structure is sometimes called the 'inverted pyramid', to refer to the decreasing importance of information in subsequent paragraphs."
"News stories also contain at least one of the following important characteristics relative to the intended audience: proximity, prominence, timeliness, human interest, oddity, or consequence."
"The related term journalese is sometimes used, usually pejoratively, to refer to news-style writing."
"...used for news reporting in media such as newspapers, radio, and television."
"Who, what, when, where, and why (the Five Ws)."
"...to refer to the decreasing importance of information in subsequent paragraphs."
"...proximity, prominence, timeliness, human interest, oddity, or consequence."
"The related term journalese is sometimes used, usually pejoratively, to refer to news-style writing."
"News style, journalistic style, or news-writing style is the prose style used for news reporting..."
"News writing attempts to answer all the basic questions...at the opening of the article."
"...decreasing importance of information in subsequent paragraphs."
"News stories also contain at least one...characteristics relative to the intended audience..."
"...media such as newspapers, radio, and television."
"...who, what, when, where, and why (the Five Ws) and also often how..."
"...proximity, prominence, timeliness, human interest, oddity, or consequence."
"The related term journalese is sometimes used, usually pejoratively..."
"News style, journalistic style, or news-writing style..."
"News style, journalistic style, or news-writing style is the prose style used for news reporting..."