Lesson No. 4: Give it the write stuff.
Write a news story the way you’d tell it to your friend. If someone asks you about last night’s football game, you don’t answer this way: “First there was the kickoff. Then the team had the ball for three plays. Then they kicked away.” News shouldn’t be told in chronological order like that. The first thing you would tell your friend would be: “The team won!” Or, “the team lost! And there was this amazing play when someone ran 40 yards!” Get right to the point as soon as possible, and then write from most important and interesting to least important.

Missed previous lessons from Mrs. Weiss? Get ‘em here:
Lesson No. 1
Lesson No. 2
Lesson No. 3