5—This Week in NewsHounds Online (Sept. 20-26, 2009)
Read . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Today’s WORD on Journalism
• More on Leads, for further discussion of starting your stories. The lead paragraph(s) is/are the roadsign for the reader, telling her where your story is going. If you miss the lead, you mislead the reader, who may soon get lost and quit.
• The Fred Rule is a valuable and simple way to see if you have captured the lead—the roadsign—for your story. This is true story from one of Dr. Ted’s first newspaper editors.
• Keep studying the AP Stylebook—up through J.
• More on Leads, for further discussion of starting your stories. The lead paragraph(s) is/are the roadsign for the reader, telling her where your story is going. If you miss the lead, you mislead the reader, who may soon get lost and quit.
• The Fred Rule is a valuable and simple way to see if you have captured the lead—the roadsign—for your story. This is true story from one of Dr. Ted’s first newspaper editors.
• Keep studying the AP Stylebook—up through J.
Exercises . . . . . . . . . • Short news stories. Check your BB email Monday for a set of WWWWWH facts, from which you will write short complete news stories. These will be due to Dr. Ted by Friday a.m. via BB email. Save your stories to a Word file. Open the BB email and attach your file to an email to me.
• AP Stylequiz will be emailed to you on BB email by Monday. This will be due to Dr. Ted by Friday a.m. via BB email. Save your stories to a Word file. Open the BB email and attach your file to an email to me.
• AP Stylequiz will be emailed to you on BB email by Monday. This will be due to Dr. Ted by Friday a.m. via BB email. Save your stories to a Word file. Open the BB email and attach your file to an email to me.
File . . . . . . . . . . .
• Participate in Week 5 NewsTalk on Blackboard
• NewsQuiz: (due by BB email to Professor Pease no later than Saturday a.m.) Click here for directions.
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