The Body of your news story is where you tell the news
When writing news stories remember to:
Write conversationally - write your stories how you would say them, this is radio not a newspaper
Use short sentences - no run-ons and no long eloquent statements. Your listeners want to know the news, not how smart you are
Use small words - the average listener is not a PhD and may not even have a college education so avoid big words
Use simple ideas - if you can´t say it so that anyone can understand then you need to say it better
Personalize stories to make people think you are talking to them
Use the pronouns You and We
Write in the Active Voice not Passive Voice to give your words energy
Use the Present tense
The news is about what is going on now - not what happened. If people want to learn history they can read a history book
People want to know what is happening right now:
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