News writing新闻写作

1、News writing News writing -basic knowledgeDefinition“Man bites dog” definitionNews：anything that is newsworthyNews value：timeliness of an eventimportance of an eventprominence of the people or thing concerning an eventuniqueness of an event human interestStyles of news新闻的种类很多，按分类标准的不同，有各种不同的分类方法。如按照

2、事件的性质性质分类：硬硬新闻（新闻（hard news）：）：硬新闻也就是“纯新闻消息报道”，指题材严肃，具有一定时效性的客观事实报道软新闻（软新闻（soft news）：软新闻是指情感味浓，写作方法诙谐，轻松幽默的社会新闻，不注重时效性。新闻英语中常见的体裁主要有三大类：消息（news report）特写（feature）新闻评论（commentaries/ columns/ rewiew/ editorial）。lede brief eye-catchingbody tight clearConclusion A news reportLede The most important par

3、t of any news story is the lede.The lede is the very first sentence of a news story. In it, the writer summarizes the most newsworthy points of the story in broad brushstrokes. If a lede is well-written, it will give the reader a basic idea of what the story is about, even if she skips over the rest

4、 of the story.Example: Two people died in a row house fire in Northeast Philadelphia last night.From this lede you get the basics: Two people killed. Rowhouse fire. Northeast Philadelphia.Then Questions： What caused the fire? Who was killed? What was the address of the rowhouse?. What to put into a

5、lede and what to leave out ? Give the major points of the story, but leave the smaller details for later. The Five Ws and the H Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. Whogold miners Whatwere killed WhenThursday（Nov22） Wherein western Colombia Whythe walls of mine were softened by rain How（were killed）

6、by crash Sometimes one of those elements will be more interesting than the rest. Ex. a celebrity who dies in a car crash. What makes the story interesting is the fact that a celebrity is involved. A car crash in and of itself is all-too common. So youll want to emphasize that who aspect of the story

7、 in your ledeBody Inverted Pyramid News stories are written in the inverted pyramid format. It means that the most important information goes at the top, or beginning of the story, and the least important stuff goes at the bottom.导语包括最重要和最吸引人导语包括最重要和最吸引人的消息的消息更多的事实材料更多的事实材料辅助和背景次要事实最不重要Which one toc

8、hoose?Keep your writing tight 1. One way to do this is to follow the S-V-O format, which stand for Subject-Verb Object.Ex: She read the book. The book was read by her. The first one is written in the S-V-O format: She (subject) read (verb) the book (object). Short 、 to the point (four words)、close、v

9、ividThe second sentence doesnt follow S-V-O. Connection severed 、watery、 unfocused、longer 2. Avoid too many clauseEX: Officer Joan Lanton, who was at the scene of the murder, which occurred on Elm Street, described the scene as grisly and said two suspects are being sought. Officer Joan Lanton was a

10、t the scene of the murder, which occurred on Elm Street. She described the scene as grisly and said two suspects are being sought.3. Just One or Two Ideas Per Sentence Sentences also get too long when you try to cram too many ideas into them. Ex: The president, who was suffering from a cold, which h

11、e caught last week in Norway, signed the treaty, which he had originally opposed, because he said the changes that had been made were sound.This sentence is stuffed with four or five ideas. The result is a confusing mess. Better : The president had originally opposed the treaty. But he signed it any

12、way, saying the changes that had been made were sound. At the ceremony he was suffering from a cold that he caught last week in Norway.4. Edit and rewrite yourself As you write, be on the lookout for excess words that can be cut. When youre done, read your story out loud and listen for longwinded se

13、ntences. Any sentence that cant be easily read in a single breath should usually be trimmed.Tips for practice 先百度中文消息稿，根据上述的新闻英语特点，试着写一篇，交代好5W和主要的相关事实。然后去China Daily 或者Xinhua 找相关的英语报道（善用检索），对比、修改。这样坚持下来就会有提高。 在平时阅读新闻，收听广播时还要注意各大通讯社自己的写作特点，用词和风格，这样才能更加惟妙惟肖。http:/www.bbc.co.uk/academyNews type News (消息消息) 动态消息 经验消息 综合消息 评述性消息 简明消息 人物消息News type