News Writing for Readers

Treat facts with _______________

Which of the following should you do

• Be as wordy as possible

• Use only your own opinions

• Be concise

• Engage your audience

• Make sense

What things keeps readers reading?

• Anecdotes, stories

• Details

• Generalizations

• Being specific

Name one way to make sure you are "correct" when you write news stories

To be complete, If an editor or peer reader asks you a question about your story that you can’t answer, you should ____________.

You should write stories in

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

You should write in

• Active voice

• Passive voice

You should write

• Concisely (short)

• Verbosely (wordy)

Which part of speech should you remove because they create bias/ opinion?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Pronouns

True or false: Clichés are great to use in articles.

• True

• False