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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #1 How does the reporting of news
affect people and history?
What is the structure of a new story? Why?
Are news stories slanted?
DIRECTIONS In the next activity, you will apply what
you have learned about reporting news to the writing of the news for an article.
The pictures may be unusual, but you are writing a believable headline and news article that answer the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How questions.
You will also write a headline that captures the message you are conveying in your article.
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
1. A news article tells the truth. Journalists write only facts that are, to the best of their knowledge, true.
A careful journalist only states things that he/she can prove to be true, and will cite the source of any uncertain information.
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
Example, “According to Mrs. Brown, principal of North Oaks High School, most high school freshmen take Spanish as a second language.”
In the statement above, even if it is later discovered that more high school freshmen take French, the journalist has not lied.
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
2. News is factual. Something that is factual can be proved or disproved.
ExampleLast Saturday was a rainy day. FactRainy days are depressing. Opinion
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
#3. News articles are objective. They do not reflect the personal opinions of the journalist.
Quotes and opinions of witnesses and observers to events may be included in an article, but they must be cited.
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
#4. News articles relate information that affects or is of interest to the public.
Some newspapers print articles that are of interest to a smaller audience.
When the audience is concentrated in a particular region, such as a particular city or state, the newspaper is known as a ‘local’ paper.
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
#5 The purpose of a news article is to report the facts of a current event or a problem.
Although many people enjoy reading the news, the purpose of a news article is not entertainment.
GOALS OF A NEWS ARTICLE
#6 The language used in news articles is often different from the language that is used in everyday conversation, or in stories or narratives.
The style of writing is impersonal, and the vocabulary is often more formal.
WRITING TO INFORM (REVIEW)IDEAS
All necessary information needed to understand the story is present.
Ideas and actions are fully developed and explained
WRITING TO INFORM (A REVIEW) ORGANIZATION
Ideas are organized logical ly. Topic sentence introduces the
topic. Suffi cient, appropriate detai ls
fu l ly support the topic. Concluding sentence t ies the
story together.
WRITING TO INFORM (A REVIEW) VOICE AND AUDIENCE
Enough information is presented so the reader can understand the topic.
The story answers quest ions that the reader might have.
WRITING TO INFORM (A REVIEW) CONVENTIONS
Vocabulary is appropriate for the topic.
Precise, appropriate, and descript ive language adds meaning to the story.
Variety of sentence structures Spel l ing, grammar and
punctuat ion errors are not present.
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