Top Five Assignment: The Never Ending Story

Every journalism student must have a current "top 5" ranking in his/her word documents. This ranking should be updated daily and reflect the ever evolving nature of the news business. Ranked stories need to be from credible news websites (try detnews, mlive, cnn, drudgereport, etc...) not the imagination of the student. Your document needs to list 5 news stories (the site address, lead paragraph answering 5w/h, headline and date). Please update your document DAILY at the beginning of each hour. As we read, we reinforce the proper way of story generation. Pay close attention to the lead paragraphs, attribution, and writing techniques.