Professional Documents
Culture Documents
News Writing1
News Writing1
Inverted pyramid
Inverted pyramid
= easier to layout
Secondary Lead
Details or
particulars
Background
Lead or lede
Lead
May contain all 5Ws
and 1H
Secondary Lead
Details or
particulars
Background
Secondary or
support lead Lead
Explains or
complements lead
Secondary Lead
Details or
particulars
Background
Details or
particulars Lead
Give flesh to story; all
available facts
included, especially Secondary Lead
those answering why
and how
Details or
particulars
Background
Background
Lead
Provides relevant past
events about story;
may be deleted, if Secondary Lead
space is limited
Details or
particulars
Background
The lead
Direct quotation
Partial quotation
Paraphrase
Direct quotation
For comprehensibility
For profanity
Interview for newsgathering
Dress appropriately.
PREPARING FOR
INTERVIEW
Make an appointment.
Recorder
Records the interviews accurately.
Not have to take notes
Undivided attention to subject.
Transcription takes time.
At the mercy of tapes and batteries.
Notebook
Use shorthand to jot exact words at real time.
Filter out unwanted information.
Developing shorthand system takes expertise.
Might have to ask subject to constantly repeat
themselves.
Combination
Only note counter number.
Fast-forward to selection.
E.g. Funny quote 067, Subject gets mad 098
TELEPHONE
INTERVIEWS
Very impersonal.
Growing phenomenon
Factual only.