Newswriting on Deadline - Chapter One

1. News stories are modeled on what shape?
a) sphere     b) rectangle     c) inverted pyramid

2. What is the lead?



3. What are the six elements that should be in the lead?



4. What does S-V-O stand for and what does it mean?



5. List the seven criteria that editors use to decide the newsworthiness of a story.

6. In general, news stories should be:
a) a thorough account of the facts in the story, written as tightly as possible
b) a thorough account of the facts in the story, written as wordily as possible
c) a partial account of the facts in the story, written as tightly as possible