Key learning points

1. Writing is most successful when it is planned.
2. In a journalistic report, we can plan both the factual information and perspectives we include.
3. A journalistic report starts with an introduction giving a summary of the factual information.
4. The main paragraphs include perspectives using direct and reported speech, along with some additional facts.
5. The conclusion gives the 'official' perspective and looks to the future.

Keywords

• Factual information - information that is true or proven

• Perspective - someone’s view of events

• Summary - an overview of the main points of a text or of an event

• Direct speech - when we write the exact words spoken by someone, enclosed in inverted commas to indicate speech

• Reported speech - when we write what someone said without using the exact words they spoke and without using inverted commas

Common misconception