***Backup option for headline: There are more than 200 unoccupied dwellings per homeless person in Italy*** Italy’s homelessness crisis is not an issue rooted in lack of dwellings, rather in the absence of national housing policies, Airbnb’s and not trusting long-term tenants. Authors: Greta Hirschberg, Yuliia Kyzyk, Matteo Scannavini, Hongyu Zhang The amount of empty … Read more
• Headline: no more than 62 characters • Theme: what and why (or sometimes the “what and so what”) • Details: information that backs up the theme or more essential facts (where, when, why etc) • Quotation: a statement from an authoritative source • Nutshell paragraph: what’s at stake? why should people care about this … Read more
First, decide: •Who is your news audience? •Why might they be interested in this? •What, therefore, is the most important news fact? •What, therefore, are the important secondary facts? Then: •Write the headline first •Make sure the 5 Ws are in the first one or two paragraphs •Follow the inverted pyramid news writing structure, so … Read more
Girls with ADHD are diagnosed much later in life than boys, new Swedish national data revealed. Senior physician Svenny Kopp says the method of diagnoses is designed for boys, making young girls miss out on professional care. This could lead to more suicides since ADHD among girls is a known risk. By: Jonas Linde
The Covid-19 pandemic made remote workers reshuffle their travel destinations, new data reveal. Spain and Portugal are the new top-scorers, while major metropolitan cities, such as London and New York, have lost their attraction. The data collected by our journalism team clearly show a drastic increase in preferences for warmer countries – and a fatigue … Read more
1. What are you presenting that is new, original, fresh, that nobody knew before? 2. Are you sure it is new? (Google!) 3. Can you write a Bloomberg 4-paragraph lead? If not, why not? 4. What is your main factual claim in a single sentence? (your “top line” – although not always your intro/ first … Read more