Structure of News articles + The Production of News Language
This week we went over as a whole how the structure of a newspaper is and the layout of a newspaper frontpage. Take into careful note that the linguistic features such as salience, ideal/real and so on, will also be used in advertising.
Further, what we will be covering in the next class is the structure of news articles (newsstories) and the production of news language. Here, you will find 2 styles of structure and a brief introduction to how news language is produced.
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Newspaper articles answer the journalistic questions:
Who, Where, When, What, Why , How
Newspaper articles can be formulated in various styles:
1. The Inverted Pyramid
2. Narrative Style
- stories are told with a beginning, a middle and an end
- stories are often told through characters
- anecdotes are used, language is more colourful
The difference, and what I also find, is that the reader tends to be more engaged with the narrative style than with the Inverted Pyramid --> Do you also agree and why is this so?
So what is your task?
***Go through some articles online and try to see which ones use the Inverted Pyramid Style and/or the Narrative Style. Show me the link!
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As mentioned in class, a news article does not appear exactly how it is written by a journalist. What the journalist writes-up and what she submits to the editor goes through various phases before it is published in the newspaper.
**So what are the various processes?
Production of News
Cheers
Further, what we will be covering in the next class is the structure of news articles (newsstories) and the production of news language. Here, you will find 2 styles of structure and a brief introduction to how news language is produced.
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Newspaper articles answer the journalistic questions:
Who, Where, When, What, Why , How
Newspaper articles can be formulated in various styles:
1. The Inverted Pyramid
2. Narrative Style
- stories are told with a beginning, a middle and an end
- stories are often told through characters
- anecdotes are used, language is more colourful
The difference, and what I also find, is that the reader tends to be more engaged with the narrative style than with the Inverted Pyramid --> Do you also agree and why is this so?
So what is your task?
***Go through some articles online and try to see which ones use the Inverted Pyramid Style and/or the Narrative Style. Show me the link!
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As mentioned in class, a news article does not appear exactly how it is written by a journalist. What the journalist writes-up and what she submits to the editor goes through various phases before it is published in the newspaper.
**So what are the various processes?
Production of News
Cheers
posted by Patricia at 2:59 PM
4 Comments:
I think this would follow the Inverted Pyramid Style:
U of L beats national average for university enrolment
This definitely follows the Narrative Style:
CFL legend Parker dies at 74
I also agree that I am more engaged in Narrative style than the Inverted Pyramid. I lost interest after the main information was given....the narrative style kept me til the end of the article. This article was 3 pages long and I read til the end.
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This link should work for the first one about Inverted Pyramid Style:
UofL beats national average for university enrolment
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