Writing
Be able to write with
information from a fact sheet:
--a straight news
story
--a broadcast
story
--a feature lead
Multiple-Choice Questions
Be able to
identify
--the best straight news
leads
--the best broadcasting
leads
--the best feature
leads
--problems with mechanics
(grammar, punctuation, style)
--problems with sensitive
language
--problems with
attribution
--problems with editorial
content, opinion, use of first person
Suggestions:
--use time
wisely
--read fact sheets thoroughly
before you begin writing, so you do not make fact errors
--fact sheets may contain
mechanical errors
--distinguish characteristics
for straight news leads, feature leads, broadcasting leads
--review all of the leads or
sentences for context before you choose best lead or most appropriate lead or
sentence