One Thing (4/15)

One thing that I learned this week in Comm160 is how News Stories are basically an actually telling of a story. It sounds logical, but it doesn't seem like story telling until you write a news story about an actually fairytale story. I feel like I just confused myself, and I definitely confused my readers. But, what I'm trying to say is that news stories are hard to write. They seem simple because they are just articles full of information. In reality, it takes a lot of thought and experience to write one that sounds decent. Writing a news story based off a fairy tail made this whole concept come to life for me. I was able to tell a story while leaking important information about a crime. 

I Learned To Keep It Simple

This week in class we went over our (really) rough draft of our first news story. I thought mine was terrible, but turns out it wasn't completely wrong! My biggest mistake was making myself sound smart... Which is weird because when you're writing I feel like it's a good thing to try to sound smart. But, not in news writing. I like that because you get to write how you talk. No extra words or any of that garbage. If you're thinking something in your head (that isn't an opinion) just write exactly what it is that you're thinking! It's great. News writing is supposed to be basic so all levels of education can read and understand what you're saying. You could think of it as 'dumbing your writing down' so everyone can understand where you're coming from and why you're saying what it is that you're saying.

What I Learned This Week (3/25)

This past week I learned how to semi-write a news story. The first step in writing one is applying a "inverted triangle format" to decide what to write and where to write it. For example, the lead is the most important sentence in a story... As stated before. So, the first sentence and a few sentences after provide the most important information in the story. All the newsworthy information should be written first (Who, What, Where, When, Why and How). The next thing that you are supposed to write about is, the important details that may have been left out in the first section of the story. Lastly, you should include any extra general information that readers may want to know, but it not considered "important" for them to know. After knowing all of that, you are on your way to writing an exceptional news story!!