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Breaking News
  • News Writing and Reporting Workshop JMSC0002B
  • Feb 25, 2002

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What is breaking news?
  • A drastic departure from routine
  • e.g. Accidents -- Impacts
  • e.g. Natural Disasters
  • e.g. Surprise announcements

3
  • BC-NY--APNewsAlert,
  • NEW YORK _ Smoke poured out of an upper floor of
    a World Trade Center tower on Tuesday amid
    reports of a plane crashing there, police said.

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Where do you start?
  • Know where to collect information.
  • Get to the scene quickly
  • Work the phone
  • Your efforts to find, develop and maintain
    sources pay off.

5
News Sense
  • Be curious.
  • Always remember the human element
  • Find your lead from
  • scarce information.
  • conflicting information.

6
Keep Calm
  • Observations
  • Interviews
  • Be persistent
  • Be flexible

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Writing breaking news
  • Accuracy.
  • Precision and clarity
  • To minimize confusion
  • Weave in background
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