REVIEW QUIZ 5.2 JNL-1102, Reporting and Writing I

Given July 13, 2015

1. Collect all the

facts.

2. List the 5 Ws

and the H.

3. Prioritize the 5

Ws and the H.

4. Write and

rewrite.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

YOUR TURN: REWRITE LEAD

STEPS CHECKLIST

Direct lead

QUIZ PROBLEMS -- FAILURE TO: • Put the most important thing at the beginning of the sentence.

• Be selective. Don’t cram all of the 5 Ws and H into the first

sentence; use only the most important ones.

• Keep the lead to 30 words or fewer.

• Put the when and where elements at the middle or the end of

the sentence. They are rarely the most important thing.

• Avoid proper names. Unless someone is famous, don’t use

their names. Say “An American gallery owner,” not “Meryl

Platt.”

• Put the attribution at the end of the sentence and simplify

titles. Say “a fire official said,” not “Yangon Fire Chief U Kyaw

Soe said.”

• Avoid passive voice UNLESS the WHAT is most important.

“Seventy students were arrested…” not “Police arrested 70

students…”

1. Collect all the

facts.

2. List the 5 Ws

and the H.

3. Prioritize the 5

Ws and the H.

4. Write and

rewrite.

WHO: Yangon firefighters

WHAT: Investigating second

suspicious fire in two years at same

location

WHEN: 5 a.m. Tuesday

WHERE: National Management

College

WHY: “That’s still a mystery, but it

was definitely arson,” said Yangon

Fire Chief U Kyaw Soe, at the scene

of the fire.

HOW: The chief said investigators

found an empty can of gasoline and

burn patterns to suggest the use of

it to start the fire; the fire caused

roughly $35,000 in damage.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD STEPS FACTS

Review: Direct lead

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Arson is the cause of

the second suspicious

fire in two years at the

National Management

College, a fire official

said Tuesday.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD

CHECKLIST LEAD

Direct lead

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Arsonists set the

second suspicious fire

in two years at the

National Management

College on Tuesday, a

fire official said.

No one was hurt in the 5

a.m. fire, which caused

$35,000 in damage,

Yangon Fire Chief U

Kyaw Soe said.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD

CHECKLIST LEAD

Direct lead

1. Collect all the

facts.

2. List the 5 Ws

and the H.

3. Prioritize the 5

Ws and the H.

4. Write and

rewrite.

WHO: 117 passengers and six crew

on AirAsia #231 from BGK to RGN

WHAT: All uninjured in emergency

landing when plane skidded to stop.

WHEN: 7:27 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Yangon International

Airport

WHY: The front landing gear would

not retract, according to a

preliminary report.

HOW: When the plane’s belly hit the

runway, it emitted a shower of

sparks that one 4-year-old American

witness said reminded him of the

“4th of July”; the pilot had circled for

three hours to burn fuel.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD STEPS FACTS

Review: Direct lead

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

An AirAsia flight from

Bangkok skidded in an

emergency landing at

Yangon International

Airport Saturday, but all

123 on board were

uninjured.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD

CHECKLIST LEAD

Direct lead

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

All 123 on board escaped

injury when an AirAsia

flight from Bangkok

landed on its belly in a

shower of sparks

Saturday at Yangon

International Airport.

The plane’s landing gear

would not retract,

according to a civil

aviation official.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD

CHECKLIST LEAD

Direct lead

1. Collect all the

facts.

2. List the 5 Ws

and the H.

3. Prioritize the 5

Ws and the H.

4. Write and

rewrite.

WHO: Yangon Regional Parliament

WHAT: voted to authorize a

November vote on a measure that, if

approved, would allow the city to

put fluoride in city water.

WHEN: last night

WHERE: Dagon, Yangon

WHY: a 10-year campaign by a

group that calls itself Citizens for

Public Health that urged the

parliament to put fluoride in the

water.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD STEPS FACTS

Review: Direct lead

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

The Yangon Regional

Parliament will allow

voters to decide in

November whether to put

fluoride in city water.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD

CHECKLIST LEAD

Direct lead

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Yangon voters will decide

in November whether to

put fluoride in the city’s

water.

Fluoride is a chemical that

prevents tooth decay.

The Yangon Regional

Parliament set the vote

last night after a 10-year

campaign by a local

citizens group.

4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD

CHECKLIST LEAD

Direct lead

QUIZ 5.2: QUESTIONS 4-5

4. What happened last week to the

development projects near

Shwedagon Pagoda?

The government canceled them.

5. What is the date for the national

election this year?

Nov. 8