There’s a lot about journalism that applies no matter what outlet you’re writing for, so we won’t spend time here going through the basics.

Instead, we want to focus on something a lot more specific but harder to pin down: the YR Media News Tone. 

Our contributors cover a huge range of beats from every corner of America, but there’s a certain set of qualities we look for in all our stories. Take a look at how YR Media News Tone shows up in this opinion piece we annotated for you!