How To Be A Journalist 4.0: Writing News, Structuring Stories, Finding Angles, Writing Intros

How To Be A Journalist 4.0: Writing News, Structuring Stories, Finding Angles, Writing Intros is the fourth title in the How to be a Journalist series. They are aimed at new, or student journalists, and are written by a current national newspaper writer and editor, and journalism teacher. The books feature straight-forward tips and techniques, which will give your writing the edge to get your stories published, and read.
This book includes sections on how to write a news story, the structure of a news story, an analysis and explanation of how stories are written, and an explanation of the crucial "pyramid method" of writing news.
The book also has a section on how to choose an angle for a story, how to write an intro - one of the toughest techniques to get right - plus the important,
"Who, what, where, when, why and how" elements of a story.
There's a section on the crucial "intro checklist", and what to avoid when writing a news story. You can then do two news writing exercises to try your new techniques.
The third section of the book is about how to structure your story, the story checklist, "running stories" and "breaking stories". The book concludes with a third news writing exercise.