Newswriting

Elements of newsworthiness

 Timeliness
 Proximity or Nearness
 Significance
 Prominence
 Oddity or Unusualness
 Conflict
 Progress

School News

 Classroom story
 Enrolment story
 Meeting story
 Program/ Party story
 Honor roll
 Awards story
 School Improvement
 School Organization/Club story
 Out-of-school activity

Essential qualities of news

 Accuracy
 Brevity ( briefness)
 Clarity
 Objectivity

Sources of news

 Sports Writing
 Must know sports (of course)
 Must observe accuracy
 Must be able to take down the notes without losing the sequence of the game
 It must contain facts

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