Tips
Avoiding deadline panic... (2)
Further on-deadline tips:
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· ... Full articleTalk to the people who matter
Don’t base your stories just on what officials and 'experts' say – talk to the people who are actually affected, they’re ... Full articleActive beats passive
Use active sentence structures - they generally have more impact than passive ones. The man shot the dog… rather than ... Full articleTired words for tired minds...
Journalese is a language we use in place of real words when we are too rushed or too tired to care... Full articleAnecdotes as a come-on...
Kicking off a story with an anecdote before getting down to the nitty-gritty is a much loved but sometimes misused technique. Full articleObits are real stories...
Obituaries are among the most-read news items, so don’t ‘kiss them off’... Full articleShape your story as you go
Right from the start, as you set out to report a story, think of how it might look in the end... Full article