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THE HARD NEWS STORY

• A news story is a timely story about an issue, event , person or topic that many people are interested in.

• A news story is designed to inform the reader of something in a crisp, concise, easily-read manner.

• Each paragraph should develop a single thought and one-sentence paragraphs should often be used.

• Generally, keep sentences short, but vary their lengths..

• Check and re-check your facts.

• Always use both a person’s first and second names in the first reference and be absolutely sure of the spelling.

• Where possible, try to use quotes and be sure they are near the top of the story.

• Never use “I” or “we” in a hard news story. Those words belong in columns.

• Be fair and accurate and don’t let your own views creep into the story.

Only columnists and editorials writers are supposed to give opinions.

• Avoid the trap of starting almost every sentence with “The”.

• Avoid clichés like the plague. (Think about that for a moment!)

• Don’t start writing until you’re sure you understand the situation and if you’re

doubt, go back to the source and check.

• Don’t use big words when shorter words will do just as well.