i have an article due on a guest speaker whom visited my journalism news writing class and i have all the facts that were said but i need to know how to go about writing this article........what are some of the things i should say and omit. this is for news writing.........please help!
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A good paper is clear and concise.   Take time to gather your thoughts about the subject, and for your particular topic, I'd suggest the following:\n\n1)Recall some of the things that the speaker said, and what s/he talked about while s/he was in your class.\n\n2)Make sure your facts are accurate.  Nobody likes for the paper to make a mistake when it's writing about them!\n\n3)Make sure your paper follows an orderly, logical sequence and makes sense to people who weren't there for the speaker's presentation.\n\n4)Give your and your classmate's thoughts on the presentation and tell about how it has helped you in your class.
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here it goes:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_writing\n\nhttp://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/travel_writing/index.shtml\n\ndon't forget to choose me as best answer...
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What you need to remember when writing papers in college is that the use of 'me, I, you, us, we, etc' shouldnt be used. Keep from writing your paper in the First Person completely. Also, the use of smaller adjectives are usually not appropriate for college level writing. Another thing to consider is, is this paper supposed to be informational to the reader, or my opinion? Here is how I would write your last part.\n\nyours... Soccer fans really want to bring the Golden Cup back to their countries. As a huge fan of Brazil, I think Brazil is going to be the next champion due to several reasons.\n\nmine... Soccer fans want the Golden Cup back in their countries. Brazile will be the next champion due to several reasons.\n\nYou may also want to expand on your writing as well. For instance, WHY do soccer fans want the Golden Cup back in their countries? Just try to include a little more detail in your writing. If you would like more input, just let me know and I will try to help out some more if I can so just try this and see what he thinks.
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write about what's in your heart...or your passion in life...or inspiration...something catchy...world issues are big right now...or something that no one knows anything about...like the lives lived in a different country...that doesn't get world attention but really should...
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News is new information or current events. The reporting of news falls into the field of journalism. News can be reported by a variety of sources, such as newspapers, television and radio programs, wire services, and web sites. News reporting is a type of journalism, typically written or broadcast in news style. Most news is investigated and presented by journalists and can be distributed to various sites via news agencies. If the content of news is significant enough, it eventually becomes history.\n\nTo be considered newsworthy, an event usually must have broad interest due to one or more news values[citation needed]:-\n\n    * Effect (how many people were, are or will be affected?)\n    * Timeliness (did the event occur very recently?)\n    * Revelation (is there significant new information, previously unknown?)\n    * Proximity (was the event nearby geographically?)\n    * Oddity (was the event highly unusual?)\n    * Entertainment (does it make for a fun story?)\n    * Celebrity (was anyone famous involved?)\n\nNews items and journalism can be divided in various ways, although there are gray areas. Distinctions include between hard news (serious and timely topics) and soft news (lighter topics); breaking news (immediate events); news analysis; and enterprise or investigative reporting, in which a topic is examined in great detail.\n\nNews coverage traditionally begins with the "five W's"—who, what, where, when, why.\n\nObjectivity\n\nIn democracies, news organizations are often expected to aim for objectivity: Reporters cover both sides in a controversy and try to eliminate bias. This is not true of all, as some are expected to have a point of view.\n\nIn the United Kingdom, limits are set by the government agency Ofcom, the Office of Communications. Both newspapers and broadcast news programs in the United States are generally expected to remain neutral and avoid bias except for clearly indicated editorial articles or segments.\n\nMany single-party countries have operated state-run news organizations, which may present the government's views. Even in those situations where objectivity is expected, it is difficult to achieve, and individual journalists may fall foul of their own personal bias, or succumb to commercial or political pressure. Individuals and organizations who are the subject of news reports may use news management techniques to try to make a favourable impression.
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This part is a bit more problematic than the first, because you switch between topics instead of focusing on specific ones. The specific example of Medan is a good one (if it's true) but the sentence following it makes little sense and doesn't connect to Medan at all. Then, from talking about the students in your town you suddenly switched to schools built by the government (and it should be "and by private sources" or something to that extent instead of "also by the non-government, too) - which is a good thing to include, but shouldn't be there.\nYour last paragraph is good.
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You've never written an essay before and you're at the university? That seems strange. Anyway...In your introduction, you should briefly mention the three articles you are comparing and contrasting. Then, as you discuss each in the body paragraphs you can just refer to each article by the author's last name. For example, you could say, "The Smith article says that...." etc. It wouldn't hurt to add a brief appendix at the end.
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The "truth" is very subjective and usually a lot more complicated than the media pundits and headline readers would lead you to believe.  Print media in general does a better job of being thorough.  Your best bet is to get your news from multiple sources and critically evaluate as best you can what you are being told and by whom.
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I recently gave this as an assignment to my class.  Humorous or embarrasing personal events are always a good choice.  You will have to include plenty of detail starting with the time you woke up till the event, but you can make it up if you can't remember.  Details are key! Don't leave anything out and add a lot of adjectives and adverbs to your story.
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I find it best if you can try to open an essay with a question. Get the reader excited about what they are about to read. For example if you are discussing the civil war you ask " Can a nation torn at the seams ever reunite with peace?" Then in your intro. briefly discuss each point that you discuss in the next paragraphs. Then state your purpose, or your topic sentence. Staying with my example..."The United States survived a war that tore down the middle and through the heart using strength and vigilance" Your conclusion is just a re-statement of your topic sentence, or your purpose. So a good conclusion to my civil war paper might be " Despite the harsh feelings shared by the north and the south the United States fought to stay a country United. "\nDon't make it too hard on yourself yet. English is an incredibly difficult language. Putting emotion in your writing will come once you are more comfortable with english.
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you should put the facts down, then write down what you think about the fact...why is it good or bad, why might it have a positive or negative influence on the topic. basically what you think about the facts. that's all there is too it. do you agree with what happened? for example, if no one supported the movement at first, you can put that it would've had a greater influence if the movement was supported from the very start. Just put your thoughts down.
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A) Whatever it is, let's say, "The War in Iraq," then you write about what other people said about the war. Be sure to include some active listening on your part, meaning you ask people questions to clarify their points. Then, you list how you either agreed or disagreed with what they said about the war. B) To effectively communicate, you should include questions you asked that checked the listener's understanding.
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These look like short "essay" questions, not an article.  We could better help if we knew the questions your responses attempt to answer.\n\nIf you are not answering specific questions, you need to do a bit of work in order for your article to make sense.  \n\nGive us more info so we can help!
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You're doing great!  The one English Language Learner error I consistently see is your difficulty with using articles (a, an, the).\n\nReview your writing and ask yourself the following as you do it: Does every singular noun have an article? Does every plural noun in the subject of the sentence have "the" in front of it?\n\nExamples:\n\nA dog      is eating    a bone.\nA dog      is eating    bones.\nThe dogs   are eating   a bone.\nThe dogs   are eating   bones.\n\nNote the Subject of each sentence (the first noun) always has an article. Note that the Object of each sentence (the second noun) has an article if it is singular.\n\nA proper noun (people and places individual names) does not take articles.\n\nOf course, it being English, there are always exceptions to any grammar rule...lol. But if you follow this, in general, your "sound" in your writing will improve dramatically.\n\nHope that helps!  But like I said before, except for this (and a couple of spelling errors), your English is excellent!
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Easy as 1, 2 and 3\n1.  Decide what you are going to tell them...and start by writing one sentence about...what you are going to say.\n\n2.  Tell them - start this part by stating what it is you are saying about this piece of history (or any subject).\n\n3.  Summary - start this by stating in one sentence about what you told us...about that piece of history.\n\nNow go back and write 2 more sentences for 1, 2, and 3, and do this until you have the proper number of paragraphs or pages for your report.
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this is just an idea but with elections coming up and all how about YOU pick out a bunch of diffrent stories from the magazine and hand them out in class. tell your students that they are the new president and this matter was brought to thier attention, now they, as the new pres., have to deside what needs to be done next and how the matter could be solved or how they could keep it from happening again... i think that would be a little more interesting for them to write and for you to read later on!\nhope this helps!\nand please do excuse my spelling and grammer!!!!
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Your best bet would be to start out reporting wrestling news.  SEScoops.com is always looking for good writers for their news site.  The owners name is Michael Shalik.  You'll be able to find him on their message board under the username SEScoops.\n\nThe key to a news story is details and making the story your own.  Anybody can parrot the same exact thing from Dave Meltzer (and most websites do).  It takes someone who cares about their work to go deeper into the story and do the research necessary to give the readers all of the info, instead of a quick blurb or two.\n\nIt's just like anything else...start at the bottom and work your way up.  Every fan has an opinion, which means anyone can write an opinion column.  There are thousands of them on the net: some that are very well written, and many that sound like a child wrote them.  What they all have in common is that very few people read or care about them.  It doesn't take talent to have an opinion.  It takes talent to educate, and keep it interesting.\n\nGood luck.