GROUP 4 SPORTS REPORTING “WRITING SPORTS HEADLINE” @How to write Sports Headline 1. Tell the story immediately and accurately 2. Contains a verb 3. Be in the active voice 4. Be in the present (tenses of verb) 5. Never repeat words 6. Avoid use of articles 7. No abbreviations except widely known ones 8. Avoid misspellings 9. Use correct capitalization and punctuation 10. Use Sports Lingo “WRITING SPORTS EDITORIAL” @Characteristics of a Good Sports Editorial 1. Must have clearness and style 2. Moral Purpose 3. Sound reasoning 4. Influence opinion 5. Present only one idea @How to write an Editorial 1. Make the Editorial interesting enough to read. 2. Established your Introduction (contains the newspeg, a brief statement about the news event), Body (2 to 4 short paragraphs that support or justify the reaction. Cite reasons, statistics, interviews, or figures ), and Ending (summarizes the editorial’s stand) 3. Article must be simple, direct, clear, and forceful 4. The editorial has also a head or title which should be brief (preferably less than 4 words), forceful and interesting. @Do’s and Don’ts in writing an Editorial 1. Keep your editorials short; 300 words/2,500 computer characters only 2. Do not preach, scold or moralize 3. Avoid first person, ‘I’ use ‘we’ 4. Write simply
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