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Writing for the media （ week 4 ） (KISS(keep it simple) (use everyday words…
Writing for the media （
week 4
）
About interview
gather infos what you really need
make sure source is reliable, especially from written material
come to the end of interview, always ask yourself is there anything else that you think i should know?
cover all the ground you need (ground在这指范围)
before you leave, remember ask the contact info (phone number or Email ) of the interviewee
Identify the most infos you want to use(before you write stories)
look through your notes
come up with a plan
identify quotes( some words or sentence that is appropriate to use at the end of new story)
thinking about 2 questions
1,what the story is about
2, what are the essential facts you need to include
mark important infos and sort it
About the reader
what will interest my readers
what info do they need
who they are
KISS(keep it simple)
use everyday words and make sure every words will be understand by the ordinary readers
every sentence must be clear at one glance
do not use big complicated words
every stories must say something about people
my task is convey infos to my readers
there must be relevence to our daily life
there must no abstractions
what's more in intro?
best intro will contain maximum 2 or 3 facts, sometimes is just one
a single sentence will contain
as little as
(仅仅只不过)
*25
words
worst intro will be uncertain what is about the story and contain several ideas
the best one will demand that you read on(有继续读下去的欲望)
always be active tense, especially in intros.
try to make is positive, even when it is expressing in negative
describe something happened rather something that is not
broadcasting and TV often use present tense,because they usually continueing on
headline of news written in the present tense
the text of news written in the past tense