News values and news writing

You should put the attribution before the quote

means getting your facts right. News must be factual for readers to depend on it.

Quotes should elaborate on the information in the transition

Oprah Winfrey was named one of the richest women in America in the annual   Forbes magazine ratings.

What is the inverted pyramid structure?

Which of the following should you use texting/emailing for?

What is the lead?

Lindsay Lohan admits in a tweet that she failed another drug test. She may have to go back to jail.

A local police chief is fired for stealing beer from a local convenience store.

What leads should you use most of the time?

Direct quotes should repeat the transition before them

What types of questions should you be writing?

Name three things that news must be:

happens when a reporter includes his or her own opinion in a story. 

How should you attribute a quote?

State revenue falls short by $33 million, and the Legislature decides to make all the cuts in education.

refers to covering all sides of a story

How many words should be in your lead?

What lead should you use sometimes?

Charlie Crist leaves the Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate as an independent.

Officer Wilson has released crime statistics for the first semester at your school.

Ninety-eight alligators were found in the bedroom of a man who lives in Hastings, Ne

What should the transition do?

A boy born without legs plays Little League baseball with the help of his teammates.

Just what you want after the holidays: low-fat recipes.

You should always start with "The School Board"

What is the most critical part of the interview?

Name three things that news must be:

What information must the lead have?

What format do we use for writing articles?

You shouldn't stack quotes

It's important to not add facts that add opinions and cannot be backed up by quotes

You should use the name of your school in your article

Golden Beach lifeguards find what they think is a sea turtle carcass, but it is headless, tail-less alligator carcass

Your paragraphs should be 5-7 sentences long

Quotes should restate what you say in the transition.

What's the other thing a lead has to do?

Name three things that news must be:

How do you end your story?

What types of leads should you always avoid?

means that you are not involved in the story. Report the facts without bias.

When preparing for an interview you should write questions that require a yes or no answer?

What comes after the lead?

What comes after a quote?

Which type of interview is the most effective?