The News Report

Thanks again for your best effort yesterday. The information we got will really help us.

One of the issues that became obvious while you were writing was that times are changing. Once upon a time most households got a newspaper delivered every day. Without computers, even young people would pick up a paper in order to read some of the top stories in the front page. It is much easier to write a good news report when you have read a bunch.

Guess what we are going to focus on for the next little while?

A few things about news reports:

-key information comes at the beginning

-the most important information comes in the first sentence or two (the lead)

-the information is presented most to least relevant

-the reporter is not part of the story (the reporter writes using 'he,' 'she' or 'they' NOT 'I' or 'me').

-the reporter gives as many facts and details as possible.

-reporters try to include either direct or indirect quotations

Today's Activity:

Start a new blog post for today called "Introduction to News Reports"

Pick a News Report that interests you.

Create a hyperlink to it for your blog reader

Cut and paste the details of news reports from above (in red) into your blog post.

Cut and paste examples from your news story into your blog post in order to demonstrate each of the details.

** BONUS ** Create a new post and just write about whatever is on your mind.