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Important steps to follow for content writing

January 11, 2022 No Comments

Interesting and memorable content is the most important need of online businesses. Website and blog writers keep on exploring the most fabulous ways to generate appealing content. Content has gained the main attention of all online businesses. The businesses stepping on the stairs of success is due to the generation and uploading of quality content. Content writing demands the right use of tactics and strategies for gaining the attention of more and more people. Most Significant Steps to Follow for Generating Valuable Content The valuable content is no more away from you if you follow all the mandatory steps while creating the content. Writers need to work on their way of writing and must incorporate certain elements in their write-up to gain success. The most important steps to follow for writing quality content are: Analyze the Competition The main step that is often taken for granted by content writers is […]

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News Writing, Editorial Writing, Column Writing and Feature Writing

February 8, 2016 No Comments

Write comprehensive notes on the following forms of journalistic writing: 1.News Writing News is defined as information about an event, idea or opinion that is timely and that affects and interests a large number f people in a community. News must fulfill the following requirements – It should not have been published any where before; – It should come to the readers for the first time; – A news must relate in one way or the other to the human activity; – It should have an element of interest for the readers – It should impart some sort of information or education to the readers; – It should be concise and accurate News Characteristics A. It is accurate 1. Factual accuracy means that e4very statement, every name and date, every age and address, every quotation is a verifiable fact Accuracy means not only correctness of specific […]

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Journalistic Writing and Differentiate Journalistic Writing from Literature

February 8, 2016 No Comments

Discuss prerequisites of journalistic writing and differentiate journalistic writing from literature. Basic Principles: Journalism seeks to answer these questions in every story Who What When Where Why How The newsworthiness of a story may be judged by: Proximity Timeliness Impact Conflict Prominence Currency Human Interest The Unusual Pre-Requisites of Journalistic Writing and Differences between Journalistic and other Forms of Writing: According to American Society of Newspaper Editors, Journalism is to communicate to the human race what its members do, feel and think since this purpose of journalism is different from the other forms of communications. Journalistic writing is different from other forms of writing in several respects – the kind of knowledge it communicates; – the audience for whom the communication is intended – the manner in which communication takes place Like other writings, journalistic writing is made up of words, phrases, clauses, sentences and paragraphs. The discourse […]

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Definition and Techniques of Writing Skill

February 8, 2016 No Comments

Explain the techniques of writing skill and indicate problems in writing. Point out the differences between spoken and written language. Defining Writing Skills: Good writing skills are essential for effective communication. The better you write, the more easily readers will understand you. Learning to write well takes time and practice. It has been agreed that writing is a means of communication made possible through graphics symbols, arranged according to certain conventions to form words which in turn are arranged to form sentences. The sentences are logically and grammatically connected to form a piece of writing. Writing like listening involves a writer (producer) and a reader (receiver). Writing involves interaction between the writer (encoder) and the reader (decoder). Communicative writing means the use of orthography in order to construct grammatically correct sentences which communicate a meaning to the reader Orthography + lexis + grammar + meaning = communicative writing Techniques of […]

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Interview with Foreign Minister as News Reporter

January 5, 2016 No Comments

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter and reporting a news story about general elections. You are assigned to interview a politician. What type of questions would you ask to satisfy your readers? Write at least such 20 questions. Most importantly you need to hear what you’re saying. In case you’re drawing closer the meeting without hear what you’re saying, overlook it. You’re not going to go anyplace by any stretch of the imagination. The legislator will run rings around you and entirely right as well. The other thing is not to be frightened of him. You shouldn’t be threatened by whoever you are meeting. Be sensibly quick on your feet. In the event that he or she tries to escape with something, you must spot it and attempt and get on it. The thing is to remain be constant. Proposed Questionnaire 1.Let me know about your Academic foundation? 2.Brief us […]

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Five news stories that appeared in Urdu newspapers Translated in English

April 11, 2012 No Comments

News Story No. 1 The Network for Consumer Protection has expressed concern at the dramatic increase in sugar price and alleged that sugar barons having clout in the government have created an artificial shortage. Sugar price has surged to an all-time high of Rs120 per kg in a week from Rs85 on Oct 31, proving that the government has miserably failed to keep a check on food prices and provide relief to consumers, a press release issued by the organisation said on Tuesday. Its executive coordinator, Dr Arif Azad, said roots of the problem lay in the sugar lobby’s political clout in determining sugar output, timing of import and scaremongering about rises in prices. “For the sake of protecting consumers from artificially inflated sugar price rises, the government has to bring in regulatory measures to rein in the power of sugar lobby,” he said. He called for an investigation to […]