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WRITING
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“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.”
-Red Smith, legendary New York Times sportswriter
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“I got a job offer from the weekly Jacksonville News. They wanted a young person they could pay virtually nothing…I thought I was in heaven. They paid me to write. It was like stealing.”
--Rick Bragg
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Basic Techniques • Write simply.• Use simple sentences.• Vary sentence type and length.
• Embrace brevity. • Write. Write some more.
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“The first draft of anything is shit.”
-Ernest Hemingway
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Stages of Newswriting
1.Gathering information 2.Thinking and planning3.Listing 4.Writing the message as you
want to tell it 5.Sharing 6.Polishing
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So good newswriting…
• Recognizes the essential point • Conveys information, feelings and
ideas to the reader • Outlines pictures of ideas that
readers can fill with their imaginations oShow Don’t Tell
• Uses Subject-Verb-Object construction
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Nouns
and
Verbs
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Using observation as a newsgathering
technique• Bill Cunningham at The New York Times
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AP Style
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Associated Press Style• It acts as a guide for journalists
and media writers. • Most U.S. newspapers use AP
Style. • Treat it like a dictionary. When in
doubt, look it up. • It becomes more familiar with
time.
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Common daily usages
oAddresses oNumbers
• Percentages; ages oTitles (Sen. Marco Rubio) oTimesoDates
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Ages• Always uses the number. oThe girl, 6, studies Chinese at a charter school.
oThe woman, 45, is accused of assault.
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Ethics
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Obligation to the Public
Watchdogs
Fourth Estate
Who is a journalist?
What is their role?
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• Ethical issues & 21st century journalism
Deception
Privacy
Newsgathering
Conflict of Interest
Fairness
Accuracy and verification
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SPJ Code of Ethics
• Seek Truth and Report It• Minimize Harm• Act Independently• Be Accountable
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People are entitled to their opinions—you want many of them for your stories--but people are not entitled to make up facts. Your job, above all else, is to be accurate in facts used in reporting and writing, spelling of names, quotations, and details, both big and small.
To guide you:
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Fairness
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Former Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee
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Conflict of Interest?
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News
Opinion/Editorial
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Independence?
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Photojournalism
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Photojournalism
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Privacy
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Newsgathering and Social Media
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Accuracy
and
Verificatio
n
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Tragedy
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