Importance of Good Notes

This is a no brainer. You need to take good notes otherwise your new story is just trash. Good notes is essential in good news writing. Whenever interviewing someone, or researching a certain topic, you need to have a lot of information, but not only good information but need to have good notes. When you are writing a news story, you most likely need to make a deadline. So, you need to be able to write a good, and efficient story in a little amount of time. This is why you need to take good, organized notes so when it's time to write that news story you know where all the information is, and you don't need to go fishing through your notes. It is one thing to have lots of information, but its another to have them well organized, and taking good notes.