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Re-Writing A News Story
Re-Writing A News Story
BJMC
Print Journalism II- 24203
PRINT JOURNALISM II
• Clarity
• Readability
• Uniformity
• Long Story/ Wordy Copy – Some news copies are too long
because it has unnecessary details, irrelevant information
and uninteresting quotations.
The rewritten story is nothing more or less than an old story retold from a new
point of view, enhanced by a difficult treatment that makes it appear new.
Rewriting is required to elaborate and emphasize some facts or elements that the
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original writer fail to incorporate.
The rewritten version of the story should always be better than the original one.
The person who is assigned to do rewriting should read the story carefully to get
a clear picture of what the story is all about and how it is to be organized. The
reporter should be consulted to make sure that the new version is an accurate and
factual representation of what took place.