Journalism is a style of writing used to report news and current events. The basics of good journalism come down to grabbing the readers’ attention, being descriptive, and answering the “big” questions that everyone wants to know, the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW of an event.
For this week’s blog you are going to write a news story parody by describing a comedic event you witnessed or heard about over Thanksgiving break. Using a journalistic style, report the story as if it is a news item (i.e. The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, etc.). That means, you must answer the big questions above to tell your readers what happened. You also have to write it in a way that will capture our attention; perhaps using a big headline or an interesting first line/lead.
Posts are to be 250-400 words and are due Friday, 11/30 by 3pm.
