For this assignment I chose to look at the Dallas Morning News for an article that would show off good writing rules. After scanning over a few articles I found one that interested me. It was called Report Urges Reform on Texas Death Penalty System.http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/report-urges-reform-of-texas-death-penalty-system.html/

Upon examining this article, it was immediately clear to me that a lot of these rules were put to good use. Examples are as follows:

“An assessment team found that Texas’ death penalty system falls short when it comes to ensuring fairness.” – The rule used here is good writing comes to the point quickly. By reading this lead, we automatically know what the whole article is going to be about.

“Anthony Graves became the 12th death row inmate to be exonerated in Texas after 18 years in prison.” – The ruled used here is good writing has short paragraphs. This paragraph takes this rule literally and keeps its paragraph to one sentence.

“The state has executed 503 death row inmates using lethal injection since 1982. Robert Garza, 30, is scheduled to be executed tomorrow. He will be the 12th inmate executed this year.” – The rule used here is good writing uses short sentences. – This paragraph has three short sentences that get the point across quickly and effectively.

“Texas is the 12th state to undergo this type of assessment by the ABA.” – The rule used here is good writing eliminates wordiness. This is apparent here because instead of writing out American Bar Association, he just put ABA to make it flow smoother and sound better.

Hope y’all learned something about good writing rules in newspapers because I definitely did!