Media - lesson 2

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• Middelbare school

Media

Lesson 2

T3

Structure 

Structure

Headline (heading):

Byline:

1. 
   Is the title of the news article​.
2. 
   Should be short.​ 
3. 
   Does not include a lot of detail​
   .
4. 
   Should catch the readers’ attention​.
5. 
   Tries to summarize the main idea or subject of the article​. 
6. 
   Is often printed in larger letters than the rest of the article, and the major words are capitalized.

1. Placed at the beginning of the article in bold print.
2. Notes name journalist and location.

Structure 

Structure

Lead paragraph(s):

Supporting paragraph(s):

1. Is found at the beginning of the article. 
2. The lead ​ should answer the questions “who”, “what”, “when”, “why”, “where”, and “how”. ​ 
3. 
   The ‘skeleton’ of the story can be found here.

1. Follow the lead​
   .
2. 
   Develop the ideas​.
3. 
   Give more information in the form of explanations, details, quotes. ​ 
4. 
   Are often found on subsequent pages.

What's the headline of article 3?

What's the byline in article 1?

What's different about the bylines in the other articles?

What is/are the lead paragraph(s) of article 1?

1. The Vatican...for decades
2. Papacy...'Hitler's Pope'.
3. The Vatican..."Hitler's Pope".
4. Papacy...Holocaust

What information is missing in the lead of article 2?

1. where
2. how
3. when
4. why

to battle the coronavirus

throw the country in to a war footing

today

Boris Johnson

why

when

what

who

Homework

Write the headlines and lead paragraph(s) for a story based on the photograph (next slide).​

Write once for a tabloid and then use the same story and write for a broadsheet. ​

Remember that for the tabloids, your job is to make the impossible sound believable.

Put these into your portfolio under 'writing log'.