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mustbeincludedandaccuratelystated.On17March,476studentsand36teachersatFalmontPrimarySchoolescapedanearthquakethathitthecountyat2:27p.m.A10-year-oldgirl,SabrinaAndron,helpedaround100peopleescapedanger.DataiscollectedforaccuracyStatisticsshowthatbytheendof2018,68.1percentofstudentsinChinaownedsmartphones,secondonlytochildrenintheRepublicofKorea.AFrenchsurveyshows65percentofchildrenagedbetween11and14ownedsmartphonesinFrance.——“Encourgekidstousesmartphonesbetter”TheBeijingDuckshelda19-pointadvantageintothelastquarterandbeattheTianjinPioneers101-84intheCBAhereonSaturday.——“BeijingsmashesTianjin,Xinjiangnotches3rdconsecutivewin”BrevityNewsstoriesmustbecomplete,concise,clearandsimple.Herstudents’reactionwas

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theclassroominanorderlylinecoveringtheirheadswiththeirhands.Simplewordsandshortparagraphsareused.ObjectivityInformationmustbepresentedinanimpartialandunbiasedwayasmuchaspossible.UseattributionUsequotationUseneutralwordsIndividual:Anindividualcanbequotedbynameasaneyewitness.Organization:Aspokespersonauthorizedbyanorganizationcanbereferredtobynameanddesignation.Allnewsreports,withafewexceptions,mustbesourced.AliceBrown,

headteacheratFalmontPrimarySchool,wasteachingwhenthefloorbegantoshake.Sabrina

wasoneofthehappytouristsuntilshenoticedsomethingodd.Objectivelydescribewhathappenedbyquotation.“Wepractiseearthquakesafetyprocedurestwiceayear,”saidMissBrown,

“sothekidswerecalmenoughtoprotectthemselvesduringtheearthquake.”“Thewaterwaslikethebubblesonthetopofabeer,”Shelaterexplained.“Itwasn’tcalmanditwasn’tgoinginandthenout.Itwasjustcominginandinandin.”Rememberthatyournewsreportisgoingtobereadbyhundredsofpeople,andyoucaninfluencetheirthinking.Therefore,youarehighlysuggestedtouseneutralwords.

...hisarticlemadesomegoodpointsaboutsimplifyingandreformingthetaxsystemtoassistinraisingtherevenuetohelptorepairthenation'sfinances.However,heavoidedtouchingononeparticularysensitivepoint:thatthebasicrateofincometaxusedtobe25percent.Accuracykeyfactorssuchaswho,what,when,where,why,howmustbeincludedandaccuratelystated.Brevitynewsstoriesmust