UF - JOU 3101 - Exam 1

3 ways to get information

1) Research

2) Observation

3) Interviewing

Who do you use as sources?

1) The Doers

2) The Affected

3) The interested

4) The officials

5) The experts

6 basic questions

1) History

2) Scope

3) Reasons

4) Impacts

5) Countermoves

6) Future

7 Steps in the Writing Process

1) Identify/Write Lede

2) Identify Key Quote, Missing W's and H

3) See If Nut Graf needed

4) Write Umbrella Section

5) Group Remaining Material

6) Rank Groupings

7) Write

Example Of How A Story May Look

1) Lede

2) Umbrella Section

- Nut Graf

- Quote

- Missing W's and H

3) Grouping of Related Info

- Brick of fact

4) Facts, Details, Background, Interpretation, Quotes

- Balloon of Detail

4 Main Functions of News Media

1) Report

2) Explain

3) Entertain

4) Lead

ABC's of Newswriting

1) Accuracy most important

2) Brevity

3) Clarity

How many words max in a lede?

35

How many commas in a lede?

ONE

What type of sentences in a lede?

Straightforward, Declarative

What type of verb in a lede?

simple pretense; subject-verb-object

What type of voice in a lede?

Active (Passive is sometimes okay)

What to include in lede?

5 W's & H

3 Lede Variations

1) Naming

2) Delayed Identification

3) Blind

What role does the "Gatekeeper" play?

- Which stories are stories?

- Which ones lead?

- Which ones can run longer?

What is the goal for a finished paper?

Write 10% of what you know

Interview Process

1) Ask

2) Listen

3) Write

4) Think

5) Follow, Follow, Follow

6) Pay attention to speech patterns

7) Lead the conversation, don't monopolize

What is news?

A change of consequence in the status quo and what reporters and editors say it is

News is ___

50% what has happened / 50% how it affects the reader

News Values

1) Timeliness

2) Impact

3) Currency

4) Conflict

5) Prominence

6) Proximity

7) Weirdness

What are always numerals?

Ages, Percentages, Dimensions, Money, Times, Scores

Distances

4 miles OR 4-mile walk

How many days before or after do you have to use dates?

7

When to abbreviate months?

when it's with a specific day

What and when to abbreviate locations?

abbreviate st, ave. , blvd - only abbreviate when used with a number

NO NUMBER - SPELL OUT

You can't join two separates clauses with a comma

TRUE

FANBOYS

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Fewer/Less

Fewer - countable

Less - uncountable

Affect vs Effect

affect is a verb and effect is a noun (usually)

Farther vs. Further

Farther - distance

Further - depth

Its vs. It's

its - posession

it's - it is

What is important to readers?

Exentensity, Intensity, Proximity, Recency, Consequence, Variety

4 points of attribution

1) Where to put it

2) When to use it

3) Proper word order

4) How specific you need to be

Two types of quotes

direct and indirect

Qualities of effective ledes

focus, context, form and information

What is the writing process?

1) Conceive

2) Report

3) Plan

4) Draft

5) Revise

Guidelines of a quote

1) If a quote is more than once sentence, put the attribution after the first sentence

2) Identify the speaker the first time his/her name is used

3) Don't attribute direct quotes to more than one person

4) In general, use past tense throughout and be consistent

FANBOY fakers

However, therefore, although

What is news?

- changing relationships

- event of community consequence

- Disruptive events

What makes a story come alive?

Details

Other News Values

Impact, Proximity, Timeliness, Prominence, Novelty, Conflict, Relevance, Usefulness, Human Interest

Over / More than

same thing

underway

one word

Abbreviated titles

Dr., Gov., Lt. Gov., Rep., Sen., Pvt.