1. Timeliness- in time or on time

2. Proximity- nearness in time, and space

3. Human Interest- a story that discusses people in a personal way

4. Prominence- being important or famous

5. Conflict- struggle within the story

6. Interviews- a meeting at which information is obtained from a person

7. Research- careful or diligent search

8. Quotations- quotes in a story

9. Yes-no question- the expected answer to a question is yes or no

10. follow-up question- a question meant to get further information 

11. Objective writing- evidence you can see and evaluate for yourself 

12. Transition paragraph- help transition from one idea to the next

13. Hard news story- readers can stop reading and still get all of the story

14. Soft news story- news story that does not deal with formal or serious topics

15. Inverted Pyramid- method journalists use to balance out information

16. Third-person point of view- using he, she, it, they

17. 5 Ws and H lead- who, what, where, when, how, why 

18. editing- selecting and preparing written pieces

19. attribution- quality or or characteristic 

20. paraphrase- restating the meaning of text or passage

21. fragmentary quotation- parts of a quote

22. direct quotation- report of exact words

23. partial quotation- quotes that are less than a sentence

24. Uses of quotations- to show communication or dialogue 

25. When to use quotations- whenever there is a need for dialogue 

26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired- when there is no use for dialogue 

27. Editorial- of or relating to an editor

28. editorial page- page written by the editors

29. columns- 

30. editorial that criticizes-

31. editorial that explains-

32. editorial that persuades-

33. letter to the editor-