1st Semester
Who, what, when, where, why, and how are better known as this abbreviation.
What are the 5Ws and H?
These types of stories focus on the personal, are not as timely, and reveal trends & emotions.
What is a feature story?
Winning games; losing games; or talking about players, non-players, and coaches are all topics you can write this kind of story about.
What is a sports story?
This type of story is an opinion piece on a topic that provides a preview of what readers can expect without telling them all of the information.
Mr. Wells is lucky enough to have this person to spend the rest of his life with!
Who is Claire?
This type of story reports what happened, is timely & public, and straight to the point.
What is a news story?
We write features because everyone has one of these.
What is a story?
While this is an important role in a game to keep the crowd excited, you shouldn't be one when writing a sports story.
What is a cheerleader?
This part of your review shows the reader the review is ending, recaps your main points, and ends on a clear recommendation.
What is the conclusion?
This activity is a hit for those with a good ear.
What is the song game?
When writing a news story, you want to use this kind of format.
What is LQTQ (Lead/Quote/Transition/Quote)?
This type of feature story you've written the most, where you reveal an individual's character and lifestyle.
What is a personality profile?
When writing down a game's score in a sports story, we don't favor our own team, so we write it like this.
What is the winning score followed by the losing score (Example: 77-12, not 21-24 or four to nil)?
This is the most important part of a review's introduction.
What is the review's main opinion?
Class can expect a good competition during this alliterative game.
What is Tournament Tuesday?
A story must be these three things, also known as IIF, to be considered newsworthy.
What is interesting, informative, and factual?
Feature stories help do this to the news.
What is emphasize, amplify, and broaden?
This news value shows why game recap stories aren't always the best ones to write.
What is timeliness?
The best reviewers use these two terms as evidence in the body of their review.
What is description and comparision?
In a first for J1, you got to interview this admin for your school news story.
Who is Mr. Toy (or Dr. Stratman in 7th)?
The best of the best J1 students remember all of these 8 news values.
What is timeliness, conflict, human interest, proximity, novelty/oddity, currency, impact, and celebrity?
The best of the best J1 students can name all of these 8 types of feature stories. (I would recommend looking back at their definitions in your notes!)
What is a personality profile, human interest story, behind the scenes story, analysis piece, trend story, flashback/historical feature, how-to story, and consumer guide.
When writing a game recap story, I would recommend using one of these two formats to organize it.
What is most-important to least important and chronological?
We write reviews because we want to do this for the reader.
What is to help the reader make their own decision?
Mr. Wells worked for this news station before becoming a teacher and is excited to bring his own spin to GRC in Smoke Signals Broadcast next year.
What is ABC 36 News/WTVQ?