Basic News Writing

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Newsworthiness
Every news outlet has a different protocol for selecting which stories to run, but some shared, traditional values can also determine the “newsworthiness” of a story.

Introduction to news values

Writing just the facts for news
When you write a story, you must try to be objective, truthful, and fair.

5 Ws – The basic details in news writing

Writing the elements in news

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Basic News Writing

Course Content

Newsworthiness
Every news outlet has a different protocol for selecting which stories to run, but some shared, traditional values can also determine the “newsworthiness” of a story.

Introduction to news values

Writing just the facts for news
When you write a story, you must try to be objective, truthful, and fair.

Top 10 most common factual news errors

5 Ws – The basic details in news writing

Writing the elements in news

Headline writing for news

Lead writing

The optional nut graf

Course Content

Newsworthiness Every news outlet has a different protocol for selecting which stories to run, but some shared, traditional values can also determine the “newsworthiness” of a story.

Introduction to news values

Writing just the facts for news When you write a story, you must try to be objective, truthful, and fair.

Top 10 most common factual news errors

5 Ws – The basic details in news writing

Writing the elements in news

Headline writing for news

Lead writing

The optional nut graf

Newsworthiness
Every news outlet has a different protocol for selecting which stories to run, but some shared, traditional values can also determine the “newsworthiness” of a story.

Writing just the facts for news
When you write a story, you must try to be objective, truthful, and fair.