Creating a News Article
For this assignment, you will choose one of the topics we brainstormed in class and write a news article about it.
You will need to research your article. This will probably mean interviewing at least one person and looking up information in the library or online.
Your news article should have a headline, a lede, a nut grafand a body paragraph and should be written in inverted pyramid style.
When you have completed the article, write another paragraph that explains:
- Why you chose this story to write (why was it newsworthy?)
- Why the details you chose to include were important
- How you confirmed all the details in your article
- Whose voices were included in your article
- Whose voices might reasonably be included but were not, and why not
The first two sentences of a news article. They grab the reader's attention and show why the story is newsworthy.
The Who, What, Why, When, Where and How of a news story.
Details that are interesting or add context but aren't essential to understanding the story.
A style of writing used in journalism. It starts with the most essential and interesting facts, then information that readers are less likely to read.