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    Pointers in News Gathering

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    News gathering involves researching recent events to report on or publish. Common methods of gathering news include observation, telephone conversations, research, and interviews. Observation involves directly witnessing and reporting an event. Telephone calls can provide timely updates but should supplement, not replace, other methods. Research involves investigating files and references to verify or expand on stories. Interviews provide about 90% of news story content, conducted in-person, by phone, or via correspondence. Effective news writing follows steps of planning, including researching, outlining, and interviewing, and then writing the article with an attention-grabbing lead, detailed facts, additional context, and a conclusion. Common news story structures include the inverted pyramid, narrative, hourglass, and

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    News gathering involves researching recent events to report on or publish. Common methods of gathering news include observation, telephone conversations, research, and interviews. Observation involves directly witnessing and reporting an event. Telephone calls can provide timely updates but should supplement, not replace, other methods. Research involves investigating files and references to verify or expand on stories. Interviews provide about 90% of news story content, conducted in-person, by phone, or via correspondence. Effective news writing follows steps of planning, including researching, outlining, and interviewing, and then writing the article with an attention-grabbing lead, detailed facts, additional context, and a conclusion. Common news story structures include the inverted pyramid, narrative, hourglass, and

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    News gathering involves researching recent events to report on or publish. Common methods of gathering news include observation, telephone conversations, research, and interviews. Observation involves directly witnessing and reporting an event. Telephone calls can provide timely updates but should supplement, not replace, other methods. Research involves investigating files and references to verify or expand on stories. Interviews provide about 90% of news story content, conducted in-person, by phone, or via correspondence. Effective news writing follows steps of planning, including researching, outlining, and interviewing, and then writing the article with an attention-grabbing lead, detailed facts, additional context, and a conclusion. Common news story structures include the inverted pyramid, narrative, hourglass, and

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    News Gathering

    What is a News?

    - A report of recent events


    - A material reported in a newspaper or news periodical or on a newscast
    - A matter that is news worthy

    What is News Gathering?

    The process of researching new items, especially those for broadcast or publication.

    Methods of Gathering News

    OBSERVATION

    Observation consists of your actually seeing an event take place and then reporting what you have seen in the form
    of a news story.

    TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS

    The telephone plays an important role in your daily work as a journalist. It saves you time, legwork and it often enables
    you to reach people who are ordinarily too busy to see you in person.

    Although a telephone is a very useful instrument, remember it is not the only, and not necessarily the best, method
    of gathering news. It should supplement, but not replace, all other methods. Whenever it is proper and convenient, use
    the telephone but do not be afraid to engage in a little legwork.

    RESEARCH

    Research is nothing more than digging out information from files and reference works. Research is used to verify or
    amplify facts in news stories and to give depth to feature stories and magazine articles.

    INTERVIEWS

    About 90 percent of everything in a news story is based on some form of interviewing - either in person, by telephone,
    or occasionally by correspondence.

    Steps in News Writing

    Part 1 of 2:

    Planning Your Article

    1. Research your topic


    2. Compile all your facts
    3. Create an article outline
    4. Know your audience
    5. Interview people

    Part 2 of 2:

    Writing Your News Article

    1. Start with the lead


    2. Give all the important details
    3. Follow up main facts with additional information
    4. Conclude your article
    Basic News Writing Structure

    The news structure is the overall design of the layout of news works. The main components are: the lead - the main
    body- the end. A structure of a news story is based on the style a writer applies.

    1. The Inverted Pyramid

    In this structure, the information is written in descending order, with the most important points appearing at the top
    of the article, and the lesser news written in a shorter, downward direction – ending at a fine point in the manner of a
    pyramid that is turned upside down.

    2. Narrative
    A narrative is story telling. The narrative takes the form of story or book writing in that it provides a beginning, middle,
    and end. A narrative helps the reader create a mental image of the story by describing the main character, or characters,
    and incorporating dialogue and action.

    3. Hourglass Format
    The hourglass is not as commonly used an organizational style in journalism - reserved for writing longer stories, such
    as feature articles for a Sunday edition.

    A. Beginning: The hourglass begins by identifying the “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” and “why” of the story.
    B. Turn: This is a transition from discussing what has happened to how it happened.
    C. The Narrative: This portion of the format gives good details to the complexities of the story, and gives greater
    context to what led to the events told in the beginning section.

    4. Chronological Order Pattern

    To put something in chronological order means to put it in order by the time the events occurred. It is common
    when journalists are explaining the order in which something occurred, such as a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or
    other natural weather event – or, if the writer deems the most valuable way to relate the story is as it unfolded.

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