Elements of a News Story Who, What, When, Where, Why?
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Elements of a News Story
Who, What, When, Where, Why?
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Goal of a News Story
•The purpose of a news story is to provide as much information as possible in as few words as possible.
•Succinct – Briefly and clearly expressed.
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Who?
•Who is primarily involved in the event?
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What?
What were those involved in the story doing that is newsworthy?
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When?
•When did the event take place, or when did he issue arise?
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Where?
•Where did the event take place?
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Why/How?
•Why did the newsworthy event take place?
•After the first paragraph of a news story, the remainder of the article is most commonly devoted to this question.
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Objective Summaries:
• - Are succinct and objective
• -Provide only the most important details of an article, interview, event etc.
•ALWAYS written in third person
No personal pronouns (I, Me, We, You, Us)