Is journalistic writing hard?

As mentioned in the previous post, I have always had trouble truncating my language. Little did I know this would be the entire premise of the field I was entering. Goody! I find it almost boring to write in what is called a 'journalistic style'; cold, hard facts have never been my forte.

And yet, as I began the writing and editing process, I found that the journalistic style is surprisingly uncomplicated and requires so few elaborations. It's almost as if I can have a checklist: Lede, body, least important info, who, what, when, where, how, why, check, check, check. I'm becoming addicted.

Chelsea