Monday, April 25, 2011

Hard News Notes

-Plus or minus 600 words which is about 2 pages.

-It starts with a summary lead (1 to 2 sentences), which should have "who, what, where, when, and why" jump right into it

-Clean and uncluttered

-soft news is something that is not time sensitive.

-Hard news is details

-A feature story is twice as long, it should tell a story.

-It gives them what they need right away, doesn't take forever to get to the point.

-Editorial is a persons opinion.

-combine the interviews together to make the story come to life.

-keep your eyes and ears open, read the news, magazines, listen to what your friends are saying and what your parents or anyone is saying

-collect information from newspapers, the interview, internet, magazines

-video tape your interviews

-make sure you are clear when you are writing, make sure there is nothing fuzzy about your writing.

1. Lead
2. Body

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