D5: Leads & Storytelling

The first challenge in news writing is recognizing the story within a set of facts. That’s a different way of reading agency reports and weighing at information. It’s all about putting what your readers want or need to know first. (Give this video time to load) The last few weeks we’ve been practicing how to sift the facts for news. YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT READERS WII CARE ABOUT OR NEED TO KNOW. That’s first. Continue reading D5: Leads & Storytelling