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8/12/2019 Basics of Journalism

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Basics of Journalism


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Components of News Stories

5 Ws and H


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Components of News StoriesHeadline

Baseline

Dateline

By Line

Lead

Contents

Conclusion


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Who, what, when, where, why and how

Identify the Five Ws and H

One of FBIs ten Most Wanted Fugitives was shot dead by

Jamaican police in Lilliput, at James, last week.

The five Ws


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Thieves fled empty-handed after breaking into a

newsagents in Welton Road, Oakham.

Two people were killed today when a bomb tore throughan office block in Karachi, Pakistan

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It needs to give the main point of the story as clearly as

possible.

It needs to take the reader forward in an ongoing issue

It needs to interest the reader in some aspect of the

story by providing unique angle

Lead needs to have followingpoints


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Fifteen students had the opportunity to chat face-to face

with the prime minister at his New Delhi residence

yesterday

Avoid No- News Beginnings



A 15 year old schoolboy Dominic Downey, of 11

Derby, Road, Nottingham, who attends St Michaels

College drowned in a swimming pool while he was on work

experience at IIkeston Leisure Work Centre. His body was

discovered at 11: 42 am yesterday.

Is this an example of a goodlead?



A 15 year old schoolboy was drowned in a swimming pool

while he was on work experience.

Dominics body was spotted by a lifeguard at the leisure

centre where he had just started working.

Improved Lead



Scheduled to happen

The finance minister will hold meeting two meetings to

finalize the budget

What



Frank Garcia, a former resident of Greensburg, who

operated a bicycle repair shop, died yesterday at the

Fairview Nursing Home in Caldwell after a long illness. He

was 77.

Who



On the outskirts of Ahmedabad epicentre of one of the

worst famines is situated seven wells for quenching the

thirst of people during summer.

Where



If you have any doubt that people are deeply troubled over

the economy and the war consider this: The public has

suddenly begun stashing cash, literally hoarding hard

currency.

Why lead



Following its win in the recently concluded elections, the

National Conference leadership has just announced its

nominee for the chief ministers post in Jammu and

Kashmir. Omar Abdullah, son of former NC supremo

FarooqAbdullah, will be the partys nominee.

Rewrite the following lead turnwhat into a who lead



Write a lead announcing a future scheduled event in the

college. Be specific about what is scheduled to

happen, when and where.

Write Lead



1.A heavily armed gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children from 5 to 10 years old, in a rampage at a Connecticut elementaryschool on Friday, one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.

The gunman - who according to a media report carried four weapons and wore a bulletproof vest - was dead inside Sandy HookElementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference.

Vance said authorities found 18 children and seven adults, including the gunman, dead at the school, and two children werepronounced dead later after being take to a hospital. Another adult was found dead at a related crime scene in Newtown, hesaid, bringing the toll to 28.

"Our hearts are broken today," President Barack Obamasaid in an emotional televised address to the nation.

"Evil visited this community today," Connecticut GovernorDannel Malloy told reporters.

Two law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation confirmed to Reutersthe shooter had been identified as Adam Lanza, 20.

Adam's brother Ryan Lanza was "either in custody or being questioned" at this hour, one of the sources said.The New York Times reported that the gunman walked into a classroom where his mother was a teacher, shot his mother and then

20 students, most in the same classroom, before shooting five other adults and killing himself. One other person was shot atthe school and survived, the Times said.

The holiday season tragedy was the second shooting rampage in the United States this week and the latest in a series of masskillings this year, and was certain to revive a debateabout U.S. gun laws.

Chaos struck as children gathered in their classrooms for morning meetings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, a city of27,000 in Fairfield County, about 80 miles northeast of New York City.

Police swarmed the scene and locked down the school, rushing children to safety, some of them bloodied. Distraught parentsconverged, frantically searching for their daughters and sons. Neighbors and friends wandered in shock, looking for

information."It's hard to believe that anything like this could happen in this town," said resident Peter Alpi, 70, as he fought back tears. "It's a

very quiet town. Maybe it's too quiet."

Hours later, Obama, wiping away tears and pausing to collect his emotions, mourned the "beautiful little kids between the ages of 5and 10 years old" who were killed. He ordered flags flown at half staff at U.S. public buildings.

"As a country, we have been through this too many times," Obamasaid, ticking off a list of recent shootings.

"We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics,"Obama said in apparent reference to the influence of the National Rifle Association over members of Congress.

Example 1
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Pravin Mahajan, brother of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader Pramod Mahajan, died in a Thane hospital

Wednesday evening, family sources said. Pravin, who

lived with his wife and two children in a modest

apartment in Thane near here, was an unknown figureuntil the morning of April 22, 2006 when he shot his

brother and prominent BJP leader Pramod Mahajan.

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