Making foreign news interesting

There is a change in international reporting. In the ‘good old days’ journalists reported on a classical way about international politics: how are some governments interacting. Stories where about power, authority, war and balance of power.

Now we see more reports on the individual and the connection between different societies. Off course put into the political context.

A good way to write these stories is the so called Wall Street Journal Formula. One start with a soft lead, focusing on a person or event which illustrates the main point of your story. Then you come up with some hard facts and in the next paragraph you connect your lead with the fact. The rest of the story contains different point of views, supported by facts.