Overview

• The Basics of Writing a News Story
• How to write Intros, Drop Intros, Lively Intros
• What makes a good news story?
• Where do stories come from?
• How to build a contacts book
• How to conduct an interview
• Writing for TV and Radio
• Colour and Feature Writing
• An Introduction to Shorthand
• How to deal with breaking news

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -D: * An appreciation of journalistic writing and researching An appreciation of journalistic values An understanding of the essentials of preparing for and conducting an interview An understanding of the nature of the free press A fair ability to write newspaper articles and news programme scripts

-good -B: * A sound appreciation of journalistic writing and researching A sound appreciation of journalistic values A good understanding of the essentials of preparing for and conducting an interview A good understanding of the nature of the free press A sound ability to write newspaper articles and news programme scripts

-excellent -A An excellent appreciation of journalistic writing and researching An excellent appreciation of journalistic values An excellent understanding of the essentials of preparing for and conducting an interview An excellent understanding of the nature of the free press* An excellent ability to write newspaper articles and news programme scripts

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse news events and construct their own independent view of each story

• Appreciate the different journalistic writing skills for the press, TV and radio

• Appreciate the importance of finding, nurturing and developing contacts

• Be able to research their own stories and develop these for future use

• Deal with interview situations, both planned and unplanned

• Originate their own stories and construct these with all the necessary elements to enable them to be published

• Understand and appreciate the need to write copy to length