Story types: A brief introduction to the four story types (news, features, sports, opinion) with sub-type examples and how a journalist makes decisions about which story type to choose.
The return of the inverted pyramid: A brief introduction to this format and why it works well for online.
News lead writing: A brief introduction to the summary news lead, perfect for traditional and breaking news stories.
Feature lead writing: A brief introduction to writing feature leads.
Interviewing basics: A brief introduction to planning, writing questions for, conducting and transcribing an interview.
Quote formatting and attribution: A brief introduction to the role of quotes in stories and how to format them correctly.
Photo composition: A brief introduction to the basic rules of photo composition and how they can enhance images.
Caption writing: A brief introduction to writing informative captions for all publications.
You have done an interview, had direct observation and other research to become the "expert' on your story.
Use this worksheet to make sure you have all you need for a quality story.
Now you know what the story will include, but how will it look to the reader?
Use the PACKAGE PLANNING GUIDE to help you add important information like a sidebar, graphics or multimedia options and links.
There are many ways to tell stories. Journalists choose a story type based on the kind of story they want to tell.
To do that, let’s learn:
The four basic story types
Examples of sub-types within the four story types
How to decide what kind of story to write
📔 1) Go through the slide show
📖 2) Answer the questions on the lesson hand-out
✏️ 3) Turn it in.
Features: Types of Features/Features: Structure Packet/Discuss Human Interest-Information-Profiles-Voice-Transitions / Decide on Features Story Topic/Write Questions
💡 What is it???? A feature story is a piece of non-fiction writing about news. A feature story is a type of soft news. The main sub-types are the news feature and the human-interest story. A feature story is distinguished from other types of non-news by the quality of the writing.
✏️ Use the worksheet to decide on a TOPIC FOR YOUR FEATURE STORY.