newswriting

• Headline is the heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine
• Headlines have a maximum of 6 words
• the Byline gives the name of the author of the article
• the Lead is an opening paragraph that gives the audience the most important information of the news story
• the Lead has a maximum of 25-30 words
• the Body is the main section of a news article
• In news writing, observe one sentence paragraph format
• length of each paragraph must be 20-25 words
• Verbs in the news should be past tense but the head line should be in present tense
• In news, spell out an acronym when first mentioned
• In news, give the complete name the first time it is mentioned