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News Writing Rubric 
News Writing Rubric
Rubric Code: D4863B
By jbarker1
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Subject: Journalism  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: (none)

Powered by iRubric News Writing Rubric
Maddie Swab

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  Poor

Did not do what is required.

1 pts

Fair

Did most of what is required.

3 pts

Good

Did all of what is required and went beyond what is expected.

5 pts

Summary Leads
5 pts

Must address the Who, What, Where, Why, and How of a story. Must not begin with dates. Must mention the year if it is not 2010. Must not begin with the, a, or an unless needed. Must be one sentence.
Poor

Does not address the Who, What, Where, Why, and How of the story. Begins with a date. Does not mention the year. Begins with the, a, or an. Is more than one sentence.
Fair

Addresses most of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How of the story. Begins with a, an, or the. Does not begin with a date. Includes the year. Is more than one sentence.
Good

Addresses all of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How of the story. Does not begin with a date. Mentions a date. Does not begin with the, a, or an. Is only one sentence.
Attribution and Quotes
5 pts

Must be their own paragraph. Must not have two quotes in a row. Do not include made up quotes. Always use said. Have punctuation marks inside quotation marks. Attributions must be at end of quote.
Poor

Is not in its own paragraph. Quotes are two in a row. Includes made up quotes. Doesn't always use said.
Punctuation marks are outside of quotation marks. Attributions are not at the end of the quote.
Fair

Is in its own paragraph. Quotes are not two in a row. Contains mostly quotes that are not made up. Mostly uses said. Punctuation is not inside quotation marks. Attributions are not at the end of quote.
Good

Is its own paragraph. No two quotes are in a row. Does not include made up quotes. Always uses said. Punctuation marks are inside of quotation marks. Attributions are at the end of quote.
Journalism Style
10 pts

Must use inverted pyramid style. Must be written in semi formal style with no contractions and no first person. The word percent and the numbers one through nine must be spelled out. Must not include opinion, unless article is a review.
Poor

Inverted pyramid style is not present. Is not written in semi formal style. Contains contractions/first person. The word percent/numbers one through nine are not spelled out. Opinion is included (except in review).
Fair

Inverted pyramid style is somewhat present. Written mostly in semi formal style. Uses contractions and first person sometimes. The word percent and the numbers one through nine are mostly spelled out. Includes opinion (unless review).
Good

Inverted pyramid style is clearly present. Is written in semi formal style with no contractions or first person. All words that need to be spelled out are. Does not include opinion (unless review).




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