Writing for the Newspaper
Journalism: gathering and reporting of the news – a search for truth.
Credibility: degree to which the public believe what it read and hears. Make sure to verify your facts.
Objectivity: reporter keeps all personal feelings and bias out of the report.
Ethics: deals with right and wrong. Do you keep something confidential that you told someone you would?
Censorship: Removal or prohibition of material by an authority.
Brainstorming
Click here to read an article on brainstorming.
Investigate: your topic (don't go straight to the keyboard)
Research: first (for example, if you are writing about golf and know nothing about it research the topic to find out more)
sources: Find the appropriate sources for your story
Pre-reporting: Interview some sources 3 to 4 times to get the angle of your story
Leads: Come up with a cleaver lead. Include the 5 Ws and H
What does an issue month look like? Brainstorming/Story Distribution Each month we brainstorm for our paper. Everyone must participate in sharing ideas for the issue. All students should sign up for an equal number of stories unless their additional responsibilities do not allow for it. DeadlinesFinal Deadline: Normally the newspaper needs to be in to the Mountain Mail by Sunday night so that it can be printed and ready to pick up for Tuesday. This means that everything is due no later than the Thursday before the paper is due to be published. Weekly Deadlines: Each Tuesday Rough Drafts are due to Miss Bass. Please share them with me through Google Docs. dbass@salidaschools.org Each Thursday Final Drafts are due to Miss Bass and your Editor-in-Chief Please make share that you have share this with both of us through Google Docs. dbass@salidaschools.org tenderfoot.times@gmail.com Each Thursday your Point Calendars need to be filled out (you don't need to email these to me as I will have access to them through Google Docs.) ColumnsThe first Tuesday of a new issue rough drafts are due. The first Thursday of a new issue final drafts are due. Features The second Tuesday of an issue rough drafts are due. The second Thursday of an issue final drafts are due. Sports The third Tuesday of an issue rough drafts are due. The third Thursday of an new issue final drafts are due.
News The last Tuesday of an issue rough drafts are due. The last Thursday of an issue final drafts are due. Publication Day Thank you notes to advertisers, interviewees, and anyone else who has helped Email PDF's to District Site Manager Distribute Papers Eat something delicious |
Heading Your Drafts
Drafts should be headed so that the Editor knows when it is a rough and a final draft.
In the upper right hand corner put:
- your name, first and last, as you would like it to appear in the paper
- the name of your beat/story
- rough/final
At the bottom of your draft put a "#" to indicate that it is the end of your writing.
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