We will start today by ensuring you have the checklist for the news report glued into your portfolio.

• Headline
• byline
• dateline
• lead that provides information about as many of the 5Ws + H as possible in a sentence or two
• write in third person (no “I” unless it’s part of a quotation)
• facts not opinions—unless you are including an opinion as part of a quotation from someone you are “interviewing”
• at least one quotation from a witness
• short paragraphs that provide additional details about the 5Ws + H: one-sentence paragraphs are acceptable in news reports
• paragraphs are organized from most important information to least important information

Then we will go back to 207 for your last chance to hand in late work.

Those of you caught up, please see yesterday’s blog post. If you’re done that I have a handout for you on opinion pieces.