有关构建/格式化LINQ to XML查询的最佳方法的建议？

我编写了一个LINQ to XML查询,它可以实现我想要的功能,但它看起来非常难看.我想知道,你们怎么会以一种看起来不那么花哨的方式格式化以下查询？

如果我的例子有点冗长,请道歉.

我查询的XML文档具有以下结构:

    
    A headline
    A dateline
    
        Some text
    
    
        
            
                
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

和相应的LINQ查询:

XElement dummy = new XElement("dummy");
var query = from article in newsdoc.Elements("newsitem").DefaultIfEmpty(dummy)
            select new
            {
                NewsItemID = (int)article.Attribute("itemid"),
                Date = (DateTime)article.Attribute("date"),
                Title = (string)article.Element("title"),
                Headline = (string)article.Element("headline"),
                ByLine = (string)article.Element("byline"),
                DateLine = (string)article.Element("dateline"),
                NewsText = (string)article.Element("text"),
                Publisher = (string)article.Elements("metadata").Elements("dc").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("element") == "dc.publisher").Attributes("value").DefaultIfEmpty().ElementAt(0),
                DatePublished = (DateTime)article.Elements("metadata").Elements("dc").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("element") == "dc.date.published").Attributes("value").DefaultIfEmpty().ElementAt(0),
                Source = (string)article.Elements("metadata").Elements("dc").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("element") == "dc.source").Attributes("value").DefaultIfEmpty().ElementAt(0),
                CreatorLocation = (string)article.Elements("metadata").Elements("dc").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("element") == "dc.creator.location").Attributes("value").DefaultIfEmpty().ElementAt(0),
                CreatorLocationCountryName = (string)article.Elements("metadata").Elements("dc").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("element") == "dc.creator.location.country.name").Attributes("value").DefaultIfEmpty().ElementAt(0),
                Codes = article.Elements("metadata").Elements("codes").Elements("code").Attributes("code").DefaultIfEmpty()
            }; 

谢谢!