Ch6 Writing General News Stories

News stories that have strong timelines and impact, but they do not necessary involve an unexpected and immediate event.

• Feature Stories

• General News Stories

• Special Investigative Report

• Breaking News Stories

Term for the paragraph that includes any of the 5 W's not covered in the introductory paragraphs and tells why the story matters.

• lead paragraph
• summary statement
• nut graf
• background section

What one word fits into all these blanks?

"Finding the _____ of your story is difficult, but _____ing your story is crucial. A good _____ helps you write swiftly and well and helps you craft your lead. If you do not _____ the story well, it may not be read or viewed."

(a)  

The method of finding a focus that involves team storytelling is called...

• Nut Graf

• Maestro Concept

• Focus Formula

• Sidebar

(a)   leads use storytelling techniques to engage the reader, followed by a nut graf that completes the 5 W's.

A story set outside the main story used to provide additional information related to the main story but is not actually a part of it.

• Backstory
• Subplot
• Sidebar

• Narrative

Unlike _____ news stories, _____ news stories are designed to be listened to or read from beginning to end.

• developing, breaking

• general, breaking

• developing, general

• breaking, general

Ways to organize, or give shape to, a general news story include:

Select all that apply

• analysis & narrative writing

• answer the questions the audience would ask

• working from a punch list

• crafting a closing

• organizing chronologically & geographically

The (a)   should give the audience of sense of completion.

What pattern in narrative writing does the SEE method follow?

• Say it

  Edit it

  Exhibit it

• show Statistics
  Explain it

  give Examples

• Shape it

  Edit it

  Explain it

• Say it

  Explain it

  provide Evidence