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News Story Rubric 
News Story Rubric
Rubric Code: Z4AA5W
By rneeley
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Public Rubric
Subject: Journalism  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: (none)

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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

Comments

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Summary Leads
5 pts

Must include the most important of the 5Ws and H of a story. Must not begin with dates. Must not begin with the, a, or an unless needed. Must be one sentence with 30-35 words. Does not include names unless perosn is prominent.
Poor

Does not include the most important 5Ws and H of the story. Begins with a date. Begins with the, a, or an. Is more than one sentence or has more than 35 words. Includes names
Fair

Addresses most of the 5Ws and H of the story. Begins with a, an, or the. Does not begin with a date. Includes the year. Is more than one sentence oir 35 words. Does not include names.
Good

Addresses the important 5Ws and H of the story. Does not begin with a date. Does not begin with the, a, or an. Is only one sentence and no more than 35 words. Includes an ID of important people.
Comments
Attribution and Quotes
5 pts

Must be their own paragraph. Must not have two quotes in a row. Does not include made up quotes. Always use said. Have punctuation marks inside quotation marks. Attribution is included. At least three sources are quoted.
Poor

Quotes are not in their own paragraphs. Quotes are back to back. Includes made up quotes. Doesn't always use said.
Punctuation marks are outside of quotation marks. Attributions is not included. One or fewer soureces are included.
Fair

Most quotes are in their own paragraphs. Most quotes are not back-to-back. Does not include made up quotes. Mostly uses said. Punctuation is not inside quotation marks. Usually attributions is included. Two or fewer sources are included.
Good

Quotes are in their own paragraphs. No two quotes are back-to-back. Does not include made up quotes. Always uses said. Punctuation marks are inside of quotation marks. Attributions are at the end of quote. At least three sources are included.
Comments
Journalism Style
5 pts

Must use inverted pyramid style. Must be written in third person. The word percent and the numbers one through nine must be spelled out.
Poor

Inverted pyramid style is not present. Included second or third person. The word percent/numbers one through nine are not spelled out.
Fair

Inverted pyramid style is somewhat present. Includes mostly third person. The word percent and the numbers one through nine are mostly spelled out.
Good

Inverted pyramid style is clearly present. Is written in third person. All words that need to be spelled out are.
Comments
Paragraphs
3 pts

Paragraphs must be no more than three sentences
Poor

Paragraphs are not presents.
Fair

Paragraphs are present but are more than three sentences.
Good

Paragraphs are present and are no more than three sentences.
Comments
Accuracy
5 pts

Information must be correct.
Poor

Information is filled with in accuracies.
Fair

Information is mostly accurate.
Good

Informaiton is accuracte.
Comments
bias/balanced
3 pts

Must not include the reporter's opinion. Must show all sides of a story.
Poor

Reporter's and his opinion. Does not show all sides of a story.
Fair

Reporter is not included and the reporter's opinion is limited.
Good

Reporter and his opinion is not included.
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