General Principles of News Reporting Writing

Author: Sun Fayou
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book focuses on the study of news, which is necessary and timely for news practitioners entering the industry with a flood of new talent. Every word choice and paragraph arrangement in writing a news piece should be carefully considered, embodying the author's wisdom. However, most news in the media today is overly generic and has become a routine. News reports labeled as "recently" are rampant, mistakenly perceived as the "jargon" of news; vague phrases like "it is reported" are ubiquitous, making readers unsure if they are saying anything unnecessary. Studying the basic "standard procedures" of news writing can help these procedures become professional principles, and only then can one discuss "optional actions," moving from necessity to freedom. For example, the writing techniques for Wall Street Journal news stories discussed in this book are built upon the fundamental requirements of these standard procedures.
Today, media forms have diversified, and news reporting styles must adapt to different media formats. As a result, a new field of research in news writing has emerged—this is the evolution of news styles. While the basic principles of news writing remain the same across newspapers, radio, television, and mobile messages, their textual structures and expressions have undergone significant changes. Studying these changes is one of the key features of this book.