News Writing Review

Newsworthy Criteria: Kim Kardashian gets robbed.

• nearness

• importance

• drama/conflict

• famous people/celebrity

Newsworthy Criteria: A dog surfs on a 10ft. wave.

• names

• funny/unusual

• nearness

• importance

Newsworthy Criteria: 1000 people catch food poisoning from Disneyland. One person dies.

• importance

• names

• famous people

• funny/unusual

Newsworthy Criteria: The local high school team wins the national robotics competition.

• nearness

• drama/conflict

• importance

• funny/unusual

Newsworthy Criteria: A club soccer team wins the city championship.

• famous people

• importance

• names

• drama/conflict

Definition: A writing structure that places the most important information at the beginning of the article.

• spot

• follow-up

• inverted pyramid

• big 6

Definition: A story that is written right after an event occurs.

• advance

• spot

• follow-up

• big 6

Definition: "Questions" that you ask yourself to obtain main facts about an event.

• big 6

• news lead

• inverted pyramid

• subjective writing

Definition: Information that can be verified, cited, and attributed.

• news

• lead

• follow-up

• facts

Definition: Reporting on a recent or upcoming event

• news

• big 6

• advance

• slanted news