The Inverted Pyramid3 lesson(s)
News & Current Events · Intermediate
News Writing & AP Style
By admin · Learn how professional reporters turn facts into stories: the inverted pyramid, straight news leads, AP style rules, quoting and attribution, editing your own copy, and writing for the web.
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About this course
News writing looks effortless when it is done well, but the ease is the product of rules, habits, and craft. This classroom teaches the backbone of American journalism: the inverted pyramid structure that puts the most important fact first, the straight news lead that earns the reader in one breath, the Associated Press style rules that govern numbers, dates, and titles, and the discipline of quoting and attributing sources honestly. You will also practice editing your own copy like a professional and adapting your writing for web readers who skim, scan, and search. Whether you want to write for a campus paper, a local news site, or a national outlet, these are the fundamentals every newsroom expects you to know.
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Sources, Editing & the Web3 lesson(s)