News writing新闻写作.pptx

News writing ;Definition “Man bites dog” definition News：anything that is newsworthy News value： timeliness of an event importance of an event prominence of the people or thing concerning an event uniqueness of an event human interest ;Styles of news; A news report;Lede ;Example:? Two people died in a row house fire in Northeast Philadelphia last night. From this lede you get the basics: Two people killed. Rowhouse fire. Northeast Philadelphia. Then Questions： What caused the fire? Who was killed? What was the address of the rowhouse?...... . What to put into a lede and what to leave out ?? Give the major points of the story, but leave the smaller details for later.; ; Sometimes one of those elements will be more interesting than the rest. Ex. a celebrity who dies in a car crash. What makes the story interesting is the fact that a celebrity is involved. A car crash in and of itself is all-too common. So youll want to emphasize that who aspect of the story in your lede ;Body ;Which one to choose?;?The first one is written in the?S-V-O format: She (subject) read (verb) the book (object). Short 、 to the point (four words)、close、vivid The second sentence doesnt follow S-V-O. Connection severed 、watery、 unfocused、longer ;;3. Just One or Two Ideas Per Sentence Sentences also get too long when you try to cram too many ideas into them. Ex: The president, who was suffering from a cold, which he caught last week in Norway, signed the treaty, which he had originally opposed, because he said the changes that had been made were sound. This sentence is stuffed with four or five ideas. The result is a confusing mess. Better : The president had originally opposed the treaty. But he signed it anyway, saying the changes that had been made were sound. At the ceremony he was suffering from a cold that he caught last week in Norway. ;4. Edit