Journalistic Writing

A journalist's purpose is to

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

• Explain

A news story that is balanced

• Has input from only one source

• Has input from multiple viewpoints

• Has only the opinion of the author

• Has made up characters and settings

A news story that is UNBIASED is

• Primarily the opinion of the author

• Just details that are factual

• A combination of facts and input from sources

• A whole bunch of opinions from people who heard something about the event

Dogs make the best pets!

• Fact

• Opinion

The last day of school for EMS students is May 24th!

• Fact

• Opinion

The following sentence has the appropriate voice and word choice:

You should really get to know the EMS track team because I think they are awesome!

• True

• False

Johnson slammed a dinger out of the yard, and the wallop brought in three runners!

• This is a great sentence for a general audience!

• This is not a great sentence because there's a lot of specific jargon.

• What's a dinger?

The organization of a news story generally follows

• Chronological order like a narrative

• Intro, body, and conclusion like an analysis

• Information is given from most important to least important

Originally, the inverted pyramid was created because

• The telegraph wasn't always reliable

• Sometimes wifi cut out and the message didn't go through

• A busy reader needs just the gist of current events

• There's not always enough room on a newspaper layout.

When a newspaper is printed, following the inverted pyramid allows editors to

• Make designs out of the words

• Cut from the bottom of the story to make it fit in the layout

• Cut from the top of the story to make it fit in the layout

• Newspapers still get printed?