Chapter 2: Writing news:
News must be factual, new and interesting.
If there is no facts to report then there can be no news.
Being able to identify what will interest readers is called having a news sense. This will help to allow me form my target audience.
Bad news is good news because it sells faster, and sells more than good news. There are 2 types of news, hard news and soft news (already researched and uploaded to my blog). In summary, hard news contains 'real', 'serious' and 'important' events affecting people's lives. Soft news is about 'trivial' incidents. For example, a news story about a cat getting stuck up a tree would be a form of soft news.
A news report is a story. It has many definitions. It can be an anecdote, narrative, fiction or non fiction. Being fiction or non fiction is the "essential truth about journalism".
A key term used whilst reporting a news story is the word 'angle. To angle, is to present the news. A news angle comes from the reporter's interpretation of events.
Target audience:
To select your target audience, you need to find out who they are, what they're interested in and what can grab their attention easily. You need to find out their demographics and pschographics.
A useful checklist in creating a news story:
Be sure to use the 5 W's/6 main questions (who? what? when? where? why? how?). They can help you make the news story more informative and answer questions at the same time.
Here's an example from the book:
"Lady Godiva (who) rode (what) naked (how) through the streets of Coventry (where) yesterday (when) in a bid to cut taxes (why)".
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