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Show I 1 ' This ls Your Paper Those 'Changed' News Hems : By William R. Nei0 "WH(ENEVERIbri6tal.,. ,f item, why do yon ,C" change it all around?" That question is one of ft., frequently asked in ever, town newspaper office in try. Sometimes it is asked a siderable exasperation. The answer is, 01 course, b news stories are easier to better understood, take lea r'' when they are written to to a somewhat flexible pattenr style, developed over tie jw fairly uniform in all newt," because it was designed to eVi the facts for their news val ( t tell them quickly and clearV ,, u A well r "ad" ten, sti: Is newsttoijr. Inclusive sents its standii! : mation in the opening parlor parl-or lead. What follows alter tL amplification, additional & There are excellent reascr.i news story style is best, them: (1) The reader cane, read the lead, and quit there.' story fails to interest him e :: (2) It permits cutting or re:, the length of a story, to gel::, a particular place in the pare, eliminating from the befc., these bottom paragraphs etc: less important details, their : moval will not seriously iedi . information the story is convey The editor tries to pack his : per with as much news as her. get, written in clear, readable ft and arranged to give the pipe, varied and attractive appear;: Yet he cannot prepare thee content of an issue in anboir:. day. Because r Written ing, ei-to ei-to Fit 8 ettingtr-The ettingtr-The Space puttingtht-:-' in the f forms, and printing, addressijt delivering take time, thej start early enough to contjii a specified time each issue. !'? stories are not written so the? be made to fit the space aEf to them, much time will be teit-the teit-the paper will contain fewer r& and be less interesting. The editor is a specialist stock-in-trade is an undershot undersh-ot what interests people. He comes news and does hi! t -present it in accurate, readali-teresting readali-teresting form. Next time you bring to " " item, and it is "char.gri around", remember that it ' ' written into news style to make it of interest to the f possible number ofreaderij |