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

:: Although all the information is from the sources, its presentation must be original.  Choose your own ordering of the facts you choose to include, based on your understanding of the story.  Avoid imitating phrase or sentence structure, or distinctive turns of phrase or word choices.  At the most detailed level, you should
n't have more than three consecutive words exactly as in an outside source (with obvious exceptions, like titles).  Directly quotes are reserved for newsmakers people who are part of the story, rather than journalists telling it; you may directly quote, say, David Cameron based on what the BBC directly quoted him as saying, but don't quote the BBC unless they become part of the news story.

* Each article is '''presented in news style'''.

(contracted; show full)er to.  So you need to explain (succinctly if it's in 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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