Journalism is a style of writing used to report news and
current events. The basics of good
journalism come down to grabbing the readers’ attention, being descriptive, and answering the “big” questions
that everyone wants to know, the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW of an
event. For this week’s blog, I’d like
you to describe either a tragic or comedic event you witnessed or heard about
over the break using a journalistic style.
That means, you must answer the big questions above to tell your readers
what happened. You also have to write it
in a way that will capture our attention; perhaps using a big headline or an
interesting first line. If I start a story
with, “On Tuesday, the dog was barking…” my reaction would be, who cares? However, if I start with, “The barking of the
dog woke her from a sound sleep and interrupted her dreams of vacation” I think
that might just be a bit more interesting to read so I’d continue on with
it.
This blog should be no more than 400 words, but has to be at
least 250. It is due on Friday this week
(the 2nd) by 3:00. Please see
me if you have questions.
Ms. Mott
