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* Each article is '''newsworthy'''.

:: A newsworthy story focuses on a news event or phenomenon that is specific, relevant, and fresh.  An earthquake is 
a specific event; continental drift is not (though the release of a ''report'' on continental drift might be).  Relevance should be to more than a few hundred people, which doesn't preclude local news.  Freshness usually means &mdash;for a synthesis article&mdash; it happened within the past day or two.

* Each article is '''presented in the writer's own words'''.

(contracted; show full)efer to.  So you need to explain (succinctly, if it's the lede, yet more in the headline) things like what profession the person is in, what sport the teams plays, what country the city is in or team or person is from.  Don't assume the reader is already familiar with, say, a sensational criminal case, either; they can look up details later (hopefully, on ''Wikinews''&nbsp;:-), but tell them enough that they won't be confused now.

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