Introduction to Basic Journalism

Journalism

Journalism is the investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience.

About Journalism

Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and business, journalism also covers cultural aspects of society such as arts and entertainment.

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt

Use the news articles that has been given to you to identify basic news writing techniques. You will identify the lead, headline, byline, quote, news story, editorial and advertisement

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt Assignment

Directions: With a partner, find examples of each of the following techniques in your newspaper. Use the activity sheet to list the examples. You will read 2 news articles and list the information for each article.

Lead -- Usually one sentence that tells who, what where, when, why and how. It is found at the beginning of the story.

Headline -- The title of the storyByline -- The author of the storyQuote -- Exactly what someone said and is in

quotation marks

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt Assignment- Part 2

Find and identify two of each of the following:

News story -- A story that is timely and describes an event of interest

Editorial -- A writer tells his or her opinion about a subject

Advertisement -- An article or ad that is paid for by the company