Monday, April 25, 2011

Hard News Notes

+/-600 words

Hard news:
1) Summary lead: where, when, why, what, who, how (first two sentences)
2) Clean/uncluttered writing: give people the information they need
3) Inverted pyramid
Soft news: anything that's not time-sensitive (girls' lacrosse score)
Feature story: explores an issue, narrative-form, telling a story
Editorial: Opinion, persuasion

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