Week 1: Student Response and Assignment

ThursdayMar 29 at 4:56pm

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Newspaper articles whether online or in print are one of the many mediums that give the readers updated, and current news stories that are local or international. There are several ways of having an excellent newspaper article to entertain or inform the viewers. However, it is essential to focus on what makes the piece impressive, journalistic, and professional. In the book, Kershner (2012) noted the basic rules of journalism. One of the fundamental principles is accuracy. The article I reviewed from the local newspaper, The State, is “SC Senate may still slash SCE&G’s power bills, just not until next month.”

The principles that were efficient in the article: Accuracy, currency, the five questions, and finding the focus. The accuracy has proven by the evidence of the figures written discussing the power bill amount for reduction or increase, and the grammar is decent. The currency is that the article is updated, which is a good thing. Updated news stories are the most effective for the reader. The five questions, which is from the inverted pyramid journalists should use adequate when writing a news article. Finding the focus is merely sticking to the main subject and points, in the article, which is what reporter Avery Wilks did.

The principles that were missing or could be improved were the length of the article; most articles should be shorter. The five questions should all be at the beginning, for instance, the time was towards the middle of the paragraph when it should have implemented in the beginning. “That debate ended after 9 p.m. Wednesday, and senators were not eager to kick off another lengthy debate on the Thursday before Good Friday, Setzler said” (Wilks, 2018, para. 10). There is a few more but this cover enough.

Tolanda

References

Kershner, J. (2012). The elements of news writing (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Wilks, A. (2018, March 29). Sc senate may still slash sce&g’s power bills, just not until next month. The state newspaper. Retrieved from http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article207277489.html