What is news you ask? Well, let me tell you...
"News is about people doing stuff"
It is current happenings, and therefore is new.
News can be split into two sections:
Hard News = Crime, Politics, Natural Disaster
Soft News = Entertainment, Animals
Here is an example of a soft news story that I wrote in this mornings lecture; It is my first attempt, so any mistakes I'll take as a learning curve:
A Hedgehog was found in a sewer in Christchurch, Bournemouth, he has been released back in to the wild unharmed.
Engineers were equipped with a robotic CCTV camera, to observe the conditions of the pipe when they came across the creature hibinating there. “We were extremely surprised to see the hedgehog” Roz Trotman reports.
Staff encouraged the hedgehog to move along the sewer, in order for it to be resuced from a manhole cover point. Flow surveyor is “thrilled that it is now back on safe ground.”
The hedgehog is now among other animals such as a grass snake and a toad found earlier this year.
"News is about people doing stuff"
It is current happenings, and therefore is new.
News can be split into two sections:
Hard News = Crime, Politics, Natural Disaster
Soft News = Entertainment, Animals
Here is an example of a soft news story that I wrote in this mornings lecture; It is my first attempt, so any mistakes I'll take as a learning curve:
A Hedgehog was found in a sewer in Christchurch, Bournemouth, he has been released back in to the wild unharmed.
Engineers were equipped with a robotic CCTV camera, to observe the conditions of the pipe when they came across the creature hibinating there. “We were extremely surprised to see the hedgehog” Roz Trotman reports.
Staff encouraged the hedgehog to move along the sewer, in order for it to be resuced from a manhole cover point. Flow surveyor is “thrilled that it is now back on safe ground.”
The hedgehog is now among other animals such as a grass snake and a toad found earlier this year.
When writing news, in its simplest form, we must cover the 5 W's:
WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY?
The News Pyramid:News stories are split into paras:
Intro - This has to contain the most important and interesting information.
You begin with a top line, this must be between 20-25 words, covering the 5 W's above.
Para 2 - Elaborate on important information, include quotes, this adds colour
Para 3 - Chronology, add more detail
Para 4 - More detail, loose ends
Hopefully, the example of my first mini news story above grasps this format, but i'm guessing practice makes perfect :)
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