Writing the News: A Guide for Print Journalists, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-0-8138-2248-8
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168 pages
June 2001, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface to the Third Edition vii
1 Writing for Newspapers 3
Early newspaper style. Structuring the news. Stripped-down
prose. The electronic revolution. Interpretative news. The
electronic newsroom.
2 Writing the Lead 15
Lead structure. Lead language. Other considerations in lead
writing: attribution and identification. Memorable leads.
3 Developing the Story 33
Secondary leads. The fractured paragraph: key words,
transitional devices, pronoun references. Information weaving.
Ending the story.
4 The Elements of News Style 47
Choosing the right word. Writing good sentences: sentence style,
sentence criteria.
5 The Spoken Word in Print 63
To quote or not to quote: direct quotes, paraphrase, accuracy.
The mechanics of quoting: attribution, partial quotes, substitutes
for “said.”
6 Varieties of the Basic Structure 75
The multi-element story. The “hourglass” structure.
The speech story: the advance text, note taking, speech story
structure. The meeting story. The obituary.
7 News in Context 97
Making connections. Providing context. Localizing news. Using
background. Developing news.
8 Featurizing the News 109
Traditional alternatives: page brighteners or brights, sidebars.
Contemporary alternatives: the new graphics, featurized news,
weekly feature styles.
9 Writing the Feature Story 125
Feature techniques. Feature development. Forms of the feature:
the news feature, human-interest stories, personal profiles,
narratives.
Suggested Readings 151
Index 153