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This is an essay by Gryllida. It is work in progress. Changes may be proposed at the talk page.
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| This is an essay by Gryllida. It is work in progress. Changes may be proposed at the talk page. |
How to start writing news in 5 exercises. Please proceed to the next exercise after receiving feedback on the first one.
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what
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comments
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relevant read
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what you learn
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x10
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- Pick events which happened today, and
- have relevance and are not analysis (not a single person opinion).
- The headline is in sentence case and present tense.
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x6
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- Pick two independent sources both of which speak about this event.
- (To fill in the {{source}} template, consider Firefox addon [1] made by Gryllida.)
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- the concept of independent sources
- the {{source}} template
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- Headline,
- 2 sources,
- 1 paragraph.
x4
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- Answer all of 5Ws and an H -- who, what, when, why, where, how.
- If unsuccessful on first go, repeat this exercise after receiving feedback.
- This is the first paragraph of a publishable article.
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- identifying 5Ws and an H in a news story
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- Headline,
- 2+ sources,
- 2-3 paragraphs.
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- First this is the 5Ws pararaph (leading paragraph), then
- a paragraph about more details about the current event, then
- a paragraph about essential background.
- Write without bias: if you can't verify a fact in 2 different sources, attribute it to one source.
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- inverted pyramid layout
- bias-free writing
- attribution
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- A news story like before, but with images or categories or infobox.
- Check the style guide to know how.
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- multimedia and categorization
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