On the Sidewalk Bleeding

For this assignment you will write your own newspaper report about the death of Andy.

Your newspaper article must have the following features:

- Masthead
- Dateline
- Headline
- Placeline
- byline
- photo
- caption (describing photo)
- photo-byline
- must be in columns
- must have at least one full page

In your written work, please include the following essential news article features:

- lead and hook

- introduction
- short concise paragraphs
- indented paragraphs
- quotations (from interviews with witnesses!)
- conclusion

Please remember that you are a news reporter – you were NOT there for the murder, so
you must interview witnesses and you cannot write about how Andy was feeling
(because he is not alive to ask!).

Good Luck!
 On the Sidewalk Bleeding” – Newspaper Article
Tasks:
1. Complete a Fact List (see example below) using information from the story.

2. Select/create a minimum of two witnesses to be interviewed.

3. Select/create a minimum of one expert witness.

4. Jot down possible quotes/facts from these witnesses for your story.

5. Brainstorm Headline and Lead ideas.

6. Organize the story content on brainstorming/Fact List

Write a rough draft.
Due Date: _____________________

7. Have this draft peer-edited.

8. Write good copy.

9. Hand in all rough work, the good copy, and the marking rubric on the due date.
Due Date: _____________________

Language: Write formally. Do not use slang. Do not include unrealistic interviews or quotes.
Write a credible article, one you might actually see in the Ottawa Citizen. Be sure that you are
presenting facts as facts and opinions as opinions; they are not the same things.

Length: 1 page double-spaced (approximately 250 words), typed, 12 point Times New Roman Font.

Fact List
Fill in the blanks using the information from the short story. Once you have the most important
information, add in background/less important/witness information, etc. You will likely need to use a
second sheet of paper to organize all of the information before you begin your rough draft.
Who: ________________________

What: _______________________

Where: ______________________

When: _______________________

Why: ________________________

How: ________________________

Witness #1: _________________________

Quotation: __________________________

Witness #2: _________________________

Quotation: __________________________

Expert Witness: _____________________

Headline Idea: ______________________