1. What can I write about? What is news?
2. Identify what kind of a story it is
-Hard story: Lead: Who, What, Where, When, and Why right away.
-Soft news (+/-600 words): This is a term for all the news that isn't time-sensitive.
-Feature (+/-1500 words): A news feature takes one step back from the headlines. It --explores an issue.
-Editorial: The editorial expresses an opinion.Personal comments still about curret news.
3. Structure for your article
The structure of a news story (hard & soft news & features) is simple: a lead and the body.-The body
The body of the story involves combining the opinions of the people you interview, some factual data, and a narrative which helps the story flow.
-The role of a reporter is to find out what people are thinking of an issue and to report the opinions of different stakeholders of an issue. These comments make up the bulk of the story. The narrative helps to weave the comments into a coherent whole.
1.Find a topic.(Haiti)
2.Find an angle.(how are you going to attack that topic)
3.Collect information.
4.Interviews.
5.Org & write information.
6.Revise and edit.
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