Campus News Writing: Types of
News and The Lead
Leonel H. Barrientos
BSED - english III
News: Remember me?
Types of News
● Straight News
● News Feature
Types of News
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"Hard” News
Sports News
Feature News
Colums/Editorials
E.T.C.
Types of News
based on Approach
● Straight News
● News Feature
Types of News
based on Category
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"Hard” News
Sports News
Feature News
Colums/Editorials
E.T.C.
The Lead
A.K.A. the Angle
The Lead
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the 1st and most important part of the article
summarizes the story
the hook
the main poit
The
Dos and Don’ts
of
The Lead
A.K.A. the Angle
Yes, I Dos
● answers right away the most important
questuins: 5W, 1H
● The ABCs of journalism
● Specificity
● Brevity
● Active sentences
● Audience and context
● Honesty
THE PARAMEDIC METHOD
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Circle the prepositions
Draw a box around the verb forms
Ask, "Where's the action?"
Change the "action" into a simple verb
THE PARAMEDIC METHOD
● Move the doer into the subject
● Eliminate any unnecessary slow wind-ups
● Eliminate any redundancies.
No, I Don’t
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Flowery language
Unnecessary words or phrases
Formulaic leads
It
Types of Lead
A.K.A. the Angle
Types of Lead
● The Straight Lead
● The Novelty Lead
The Straight Lead
● Summary Lead
● Anecdotal Lead
The Novelty Lead
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astonisher lead
conrtast lead
epigram lead
picture lead
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background lead
parody lead
punch lead
qoutation lead
question lead
Crafting a Strong Lead
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make an interesting statement
describee the setting
describe the character
ask a questioon
createa dialogue
lead with an action
Activity: NOW YOU TRY
Use the Paramedic Method in the sentences below to practice
making your sentences more concise.
1. The point I wish to make is that the employees working at this
company are in need of a much better manager of their money.
2. It is widely known that the engineers at Sandia Labs have
become active participants in the Search and Rescue operations
in most years.
3. After reviewing the results of your previous research, and in
light of the relevant information found within the context of the
study, there is ample evidence for making important, significant
changes to our operating procedures.
Example Concise Solutions:
1. Employees at this company need a better money manager.
(Original word count: 25. New word count: 9).
2. In recent years, engineers at Sandia Labs have participated
in the Search and Rescue operations. (Original word
count: 23. New word count: 15).
3. After reviewing the results of your research, and within
the context of the study, we find evidence supporting
significant changes in our operating procedures. (Original
word count: 35. New word count: 24).
References:
https://www.slideshare.net/CheldhayeDay/campus-journalism-news-writing-50555299
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/journalism_and_journalistic_writi
ng/writing_leads.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/paramedic_method.html
https://libguides.csusm.edu/news/different_news_types
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.fcc.gov/osp/increport/INoC-21-Types-of-News.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwimvvG874H9AhWy4DgGHalgBAE
QFnoECAwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0b9MhMCA4jXBY3Ybt4Iics
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-different-types-of-news?top_ans=151788337
Thank You :)