News writing / Anna McKane.
"Anna McKane's News Writing is a pioneering book dealing exclusively with the all-important craft of writing news stories. The ability to write a good news story is the starting point for all young journalists' careers. ; The book deals fully with all aspects of writing news, includin...
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London ; Thousand Oaks, CA :
SAGE Publications,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What makes news?
- 2. Gathering the news
- 3. The intro
- 4. Structure part 1 : the inverted pyramid
- 5. Structure part 2 : the news story as answers
- 6. Structure part 3 : avoiding narrative
- 7. Other news writing models for intros
- 8. Accuracy
- 9. The language of news 1 : choosing the right words
- 10. The language of news 2 : sentence structure, brevity and clarity
- 11. The language of news 3 : grammar, spelling and punctuation
- 12. Subbing and presentation : the view from the bridge / Christopher McKane
- 13. Other models used on news pages
- App. News stories in the National Press July 18/19 2005.