It’s the first thing many of us learn in our first journalism class. Your intense news writing professor sits you down and tells you, “write objectively. Keep your opinions out. Report on just the facts.” So you follow their instructions, write all your articles and scripts as such. Then your third year of college rolls…

There are two very different sides to the news industry: print news and broadcast news. While we’re all journalists, we deal with different standards of tone, writing style, format, timeliness and many more factors. I’m a broadcast news person through and through. While my last post was about how much I love grammar, the truth…

This post’s copy and headline were generated by Microsoft 365 Copilot using the prompt: “Write a 300-500 word blog about AP Style. Focus on Active vs. Passive Voice, Adjectives and adverbs, qualifier phrases (like “a little” or “very”), quote formatting and the oxford comma.” Whether you’re drafting a news article, writing for a brand, or…

Here’s a take: How you write is just as important as what you write. Let’s be honest, if your reading is too grammatically butchered to comprehend- your reader is long gone. AP style is a beast of its own. That’s the style used in journalism. While its features are not always used for easier comprehension,…

Looking past the demographic makeup of our audiences like age, race and political leaning- there’s a more important question we should all be asking ourselves when writing for news: “What does the user need from me?” It sounds so simple, but it’s the key to producing content people actually want to read or watch. The…

The name Evangeline means “bearer of good news.” Perfect for someone in the journalism industry, right? It seems the universe, or maybe her parents, knew what Evangeline wanted to do long before she did. In fact, she didn’t even realize reporting could be a career until junior year of high school when she began writing…

When it comes to news content, viewers may not first think of its presentation. If you’ve ever worked in a newsroom though, you know presentation is a big conversation behind the scenes. “Should we make this a breaking news banner?” “What graphic should we use?” “What’s the first thing someone accessing the page should see?”…