The News Report

What is the LEAD in a news report?

• Answers the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how

• The section with the writer's name

• Is a long introduction to the article

• Another name for the HEADLINE

Answer explanation

The LEAD is technically the first paragraph, but can also be just ONE sentence. It 'leads' the reader into the article.

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News report

Report Writing

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Articles

What is the byline?

• Title of the article

• The secondary heading of an article

• Contains the name of the writer

• The section containing the newspaper's name

Answer explanation

The byline usually follows the HEADLINE. It contains the article-writer's name and possibly position at the newspaper company.

What verb tense should you use in the news report?

• Present tense

• past tense

• Future tense

• present perfect tense

Answer explanation

Use the past tense since the 'news' already happened.

Why are news reports written?

• To inform the world of terrible stories that lead to death and other unfortunate events

• To provide people with job opportunities

• To give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

• To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

Answer explanation

News reports ensure that we all are caught up with happenings around us.

How many paragraphs should a news report be?

• At least one paragraph

• At least 2-3 paragraphs

• At least 10 sentences

• At least 4-5 paragraphs

Answer explanation

Newspaper reports can be different lengths. However, an ideal report MUST have at least 4 paragrahs.

What is a headline?

• The title of the report

• The name of the newspaper

• The first paragraph

• The name of the first sentence

Answer explanation

The HEADLINE is the title of the report.

Who should the quotation be from?

• The author

• witnesses or authority figures

• Randon people

• children

The order of an article is...

• Lead, headline, byline, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, lead, and byline

• Headline, byline, lead, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, byline, and lead

What does it mean when it says "add details"...

• Be extra with inforrmation not necessarily relevant to the story

• Be as vague and brief as possible

• Add specific names, dates and times

• Write a long article since shorter articles do not answer all the five Ws

Where are written news reports found?

• Books

• on Tv

• Newspapers