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Reviews (not of the blog, the writing style)

 Reviews     Hold on cause this is quite a long one. There are types of reviews that play a role in this style of writing and the fundamentals of each one.  The main and fundamental purpose of writing a review is  to create a readable synthesis of the best resources available in the literature for an important research question or a current area of research.  Critical review --  Aims to demonstrate writer has extensively researched literature and critically evaluated its quality. Goes beyond mere description to include degree of analysis and conceptual innovation. Typically results in hypothesis or mode. S eeks to identify conceptual contribution to embody existing or derive new theory. Literature review --  Generic term; published materials that provide examination of recent or current literature. Can cover wide range of subjects at various levels of completeness and comprehensiveness. May include research findings Mapping review/ systematic map ...
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Columns (Writing not the greek architecture principal)

Columns    What is a column?  A column is not a news article, but it is news . It generally answers why and how. It often is personal, using the first and second person (I and you).   An extensive yet, short style of writing, is exactly what columns are in the Journalistic Style format.  Columns are the most personal of all newspaper writing. They have a very personal appeal, an authoritative influence, and very useful contribution to make in spreading news and opinions.They're written to inform, to influence, or to entertain readers.They're high in reader-interest for they stimulate public discussion of the day's affairs.     The main purpose of the column is to inform, interpret, and to a large degree, to fiscalize. To explain the news. The columnist has to explain their significance and consequence by, giving the background of an event or determining whether a certain event is an isolate case or part of the pattern, pointing out how the eve...
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Feature Writings

 Feature Writing     A feature is  a longer piece of writing than a news story . Features come in many different types and are widely used in magazines, newspapers and online. A feature will often cover an issue in greater depth than a news story would do; or it might look at an ongoing story from a different angle.  Examples of feature stories include  news features, in-depth profiles, human interest stories, science communication, data storytelling, and more .     There are various types of feature article writing. Whether your focus is news articles, investigative features, or human interest stories, all feature story ideas require a deep level of research—like interviews with people close to the story or research into extensive background information on a place. Feature writers go behind the scenes and have a commitment to uncovering the big story beneath the facts. If it’s your first time attempting feature writing or you’re a ...
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News Journalism (Inverted Pyramid)

Inverted Pyramid  News Journalistic Writing     There's a reason that the second style has an original name yet an entirely different definition. News Journalistic style of writing is the second out of five styles that are intertwined with Journalistic Writing. Nonetheless, the question begs itself why's it called the Inverted Pyramid? Reason being is that, that specific style of writing is intended for news journalists, which have a job intended to hook the reader and keep the crucial information in the beginning so the reader wouldn't have to read the entire column forcefully to gain information about the issue.     People have a tendency to tell stories chronologically. Newswriting style is not chronological. The inverted pyramid turns storytelling on its head. Picture an upside-down triangle: the broad base represents the most newsworthy information, and the narrow tip the least newsworthy—that’s the inverted pyramid. It puts the most importan...
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Investigative Journalism

 Investigative Journalism    Welcome back. This is blog entry will be discussing, the first style of Journalistic Writing which is Investigative Journalism, where we'll endeavor on a journey to understand the fundamentals and basics of this style, why its used and its effectiveness in its field, and finally share examples and reading that will further improve your writing capabilities.          The simple and summarized definition of Investigative Journalism is  the unveiling of matters that are concealed either deliberately by someone in a position of power, or accidentally, behind a chaotic mass of facts and circumstances. Even though this is quite simplified and easy to understand there isn't a set definition for the term agreed by upon all journalists.         While definitions of investigative reporting vary, among professional journalism groups there is broad agreement of its major components: systemat...
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What is Journalistic Writing

 What is Journalistic Writing  To get an idea of the intended idea that we're trying to develop and reach, which is how to write in a proper journalistic form with the various styles that come along with it, it's important to first get an idea of what is Journalistic Writing.  Journalistic writing is, as you might expect, the style of writing used by journalists. It is therefore a term for the broad style of writing used by news media outlets to put together stories.  Every news media outlet has its own  style, which is usually set out in guidelines. This describes grammar and style points to be used in that publication or website. However, there are some common factors and characteristics to all journalistic writing. Nonetheless, it's also important to understand the intended purpose of journalistic writing and why it's rather different or abnormal to the styles of literature and scripted styles of writing.  Journalistic writing on the other hand...
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