Kayla Hand- Journalistic Writing

Writing for journalism is very different from writing for academic papers. Writing for journalism consists of stating the facts and information you have gathered in the simplest terms. Academic papers take a lot of explanation and details to get your part across. I personally find the biggest differences between writing for journalism and writing for English papers. When writing for English papers it is acceptable to use a lot of adjectives and “fluff.” It is really difficult for me to make this switch because the gap between the two styles is so wide. My entire life I have been writing for academic reasons, with the exception of writing for the yearbook and even then I got to write feature stories and got to "paint" the story for the readers.