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How do you write a news article?

I know your supposed to write the five w’s (who, what, where, when, why), but am having trouble getting it together. I just can’t seem to make it flow properly! Is there any sort of formula to follow, that might make it easier? Please help! :)

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readalot 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

….no one has replied. I find this very disheartening.

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An Undisclosed Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (27 minutes after post)

!!!!! Hello people! I’m alive!!!!! IS anyone out there!?!?!?

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An Unknown Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 46 minutes after post)

hi…sorry i am not one for news articles,, i was more into studying and writing novels.
have you ever tried wikipedia for context formats?
they would have what you are looking for, it’s just finding the keyword to bring it up,,,every type of literature has a format, and the one your looking for would have a catagory of it’s own.
there’s a thing in the constitution about our right to publicly wright anything we want, and it would coinside with that train of thought,,,freedom of speach annd something els.
sorry, you hooked a dummie on this one

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An Undisclosed Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (14 hours, 19 minutes after post)

…at least you replied. Thanks for your advice calemus!

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An Undisclosed Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (16 hours, 35 minutes after post)

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How to Write a Newspaper Article
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Follow this step by step guide to a good article:

1. Decide what your article will be about.
2. Research the topic of your article.
3. Write your article using the template below.
4. First paragraph: In the first few sentences, answer these questions!
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why
5. Grab the reader’s attention by using an opening sentence which is a question or something unexpected!
6. Now, give the details. It is always a good idea to include one or two quotes from people you interviewed. Write in the third person (he, she, it or they). Be objective. Use active verbs so the reader feels things are really happening!
7. Last paragraph: Round off your article. Try ending with a quote or a catchy phrase!
8. By-line: At the end, state who wrote the article; ‘By ….’.
9. Decide where appropriate illustrations/pictures will be placed.
10. Proof-read your article and edit where needed.
11. Spell check your article!

To start you off we have created a template. Click on the links at the bottom of the page to open them. You can change the template, add extra columns and type in your article.

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An Undisclosed Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (16 hours, 36 minutes after post)

http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk…

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readalot 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (17 hours, 10 minutes after post)

thankyou littlenick! This is due monday, so this will really help…

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

In the title, put the words you want to be most noticed in big, bold letters. Advertisers do that often, like they’ll have in small font “you could” and then in large font “win $1,000,000″, when the message is supposed to be “you could win $1,000,000″, making the person seeing that subconciously just see the winning a million dollars part, to make them do whatever they want. It’s one lesser, yet well known, form of brain-washing. Also, start out your paragraph with something that will grab the attention of your reader(s). If you’re talking about something interesting, it can all be ruined by a bad beginning. If you’re writing an article about a talking cat, don’t start out “there is something very interesting about my cat”. Some people will read on from there, but a lot of people will decide to do something else, because they don’t think it’ll be intersting. Start out strong, and use diverse words. A most common problem is overusing words such as “said” and “walks”. Put some feeling into the story, and if you really want people to keep reading your articles, end them with something that makes the reader think. It doesn’t have to be ultra-climatic apocolipse-like thinking material, just enough to make them go “hmmmm…” idk if this’ll help but i hope it does. Good luck.

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