News Editing for the Web
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This document discusses best practices for writing news stories and summarizes an editor's process. It notes that headlines, photos, and topics catch readers' attention. The editor's process involves checking content, accuracy and style, choosing a story format, adding links and resources, including photos and captions, integrating multimedia, and writing headlines and previews before reviewing. Headlines should be short with abstracts and can also be longer for in-depth pieces. Examples show different story types from basic to in-depth, how-to, lists, and those using multimedia.
News Editing for the Web
- 1. Great stories need great editors Holly Edgell, Sept. 2014 > Oklahoma Baptist University
- 2. What makes something un-readable?
- 3. What makes you click? Headline Photo Subject or topic
- 4. What makes you click? Headline Photo Subject or topic
- 5. F-SHAPE IN THIS EYE-TRACK STUDY YOU SEE THAT READERS DON’T GET TO THE END
- 6. What is the best way to tell the story? Basic info, updated as new developments come in “Long-read,” magazine style Fun: e.g. Listicle Basic list Q&A Multimedia > video, audio, photos Interactive
- 7. My news editing process 1. Content, accuracy & style 2. Story format 3. Links, resources 4. Photos and cutlines (captions) 5. Multimedia, other art? 6. Headlines and abstract (DEK) 7. Preview/review
- 8. Headlines WCPO Short headline Abstract Long headline
- 9. Examples Basic Groupon looks to hire 90 part-time positions In-depth Sexual assault on campus: Xavier University aims at redemption with a strategy tied to Jesuit values How-to It came from Pinterest Listicle: 9 places country music fans can find love for Valentine’s Day Showcasing multimedia Queen City Barrel