JOU 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lectern, Grand Jury, Ralph Fiennes
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3: over, more than (new, afterward, backward, toward, city commission, school board, county commission (referring to a specific one, it"s capitalized. Internet: workout, workbook, workday, workforce, workhorse, workplace, workstation, workweek, weeklong, daylong, monthlong, hourlong. Objectivity/fairness: fair, complete, other side, neutral language, accurate. The lede: must interest the reader, keep it short, get to the point, focus the action, hook the reader, what happened, not that it happened, speeches, meetings, etc, three little words, focus on results. The nut graf: why am i writing this, why do i think the reader should read this, how does the story affect the reader? (if it doesn"t, maybe it isn"t a story) Transitions: present story elements in logical order (chronology, use introductions as transitions between speakers, set the scene for a new area of discussion. Other stuff: avoid one-source stories, use the internet as a tool websites are good sources to help frame questions for real.