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Writing the News: A Guide for Print Journalists, 3rd Edition

ISBN: 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

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