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Types of Newspaper Articles
NEWS
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news
The main function of news items is to inform the reader. about events that are happening … in the local area in the country in the world local news national news international / world news
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News articles are characterized by a matter-of-fact approach.
They focus only on the facts. They do not contain the author’s opinion. They provide facts without giving explicit comments, without interpretation and analysis, and even if there is evaluation it is mostly implicit and as a rule unemotional.
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Newsarticlescanincludeaccountsofwitnessestothehappeningevent. Theycancontainphotographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debatesonthetopic, etc. confirmingthefactualityofthewriter’sinformationandthereliabilityofhissource.
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Thestructureofa newsarticle
Headline Byline Lead paragraph Body Conclusion*
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Inverted pyramid of an article
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Inverted pyramid
Theinvertedpyramidprinciple isusedwithmostnewsstories. The most important and most interesting elements of a story are put at the beginning, and the supporting, minor information follows in order of diminishing importance.
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HeadlineandByline
A headline is the title of the artcile which indicatesthenatureofthearticlebelowitandrelatestothetopic. A headline serves the purpose of attracting the reader’s attention. The byline usually follows the headline and states the author’s full name. In some cases the byline can occur and the end of the article.
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LeadParagraph
The lead paragraph is the first one in a news story. The lead summarizes the facts of the news story and captures the reader’s attention. Usually it is one sentence long. But it can be longer (1-2 thin paragraphs, no more than 30 words). Thisintroductoryparagraphestablishesthesubject, setsthetone, andguidesthereaderintothearticle. Theleadaccentuatesthemostimportantfactsandanswersthequestions: who, what, where, when, why, andhow. Depending on the elements of news value, the lead emphasizes and includes some or all of these components.
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Who names the subject(s) of the story. The “who”, a noun, can refer to a person, a group, a building, an institution, a concept -- anything that serves the subject of the story. What is the action taking place which is expressed by a verb. When and Where indicate the time and the place of the action happening. Why explains the action in the lead and How describes the manner in which the action occurs.
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Narrative hook is a literary technique in the opening of an article that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he or she will keep on reading.
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Body of the article
Following the lead paragraph comes the explanation,amplificationand verification. The body deals with illuminating details. Photos,quotes, research data, graphs etc. can be used.
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Conclusion
Most often news items have no conclusions. Most hard news have no conclusion. The article is considered concluded when all the facts are presented. Soft news may have some generalizing statement at the end.
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In some newspapers there are two, three or four headlines preceding an article BRITAIN ALMOST "CUT IN HALF" Many Vehicles Marooned in Blizzard (The Guardian) FIRE FORCES AIRLINER TO TURN BACK Cabin Filled With Smoke Safe Landing For 97 Passengers Atlantic Drama In Super VC 10 (The Times)
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News Articles HARD NEWS SOFT NEWS
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News articles
Hard news Soft news up-to-the-minutenewsandeventsthatarereportedimmediately factual straightforwardapproach shorter politics, war, economics,crime backgroundinformationorhuman-intereststories awiderperspectiveonthefactsandinsightfulobservations longer, more detailed arts, entertainment,health, environment, lifestyles, women’s issues
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Intoday’smediathedifferencesbetweenhardandsoftnewsareoftenblurredandthesamesubjectoreventcanbeturnedintoahardorsoftnewsarticle. The difference will be the tone of presentation and the aspects the article focuses on.
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President Trump criticized the intelligence community and the media for the news reports that ultimately led to national security adviser Michael Flynn’s sudden resignation. The Washington Post
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A large research synthesis, published in one of the world’s most influential scientific journals, has detected a decline in the amount of dissolved oxygen in oceans around the world — a long-predicted result of climate change that could have severe consequences for marine organisms if it continues. The Washington Post
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It comes as new pictures of a woman alleged to have been linked to the assassination team that killed the older brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in Kuala Lumpur have been released by Malaysian media. Kim Jong-nam, 45, died on Monday after collapsing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport while waiting to board a flight back to Macau, where he was living in exile. The Telegraph
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More than 90 percent of British universities have been involved in restricting free speech on campus this year, a new survey claims. In the last year alone, 21 universities have banned high profile speakers from attending lectures, debates or speeches because of their views, including Oxford, King’s College London and University College London. The Telegraph
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A blind man has successfully traveled around Austin — unaccompanied — in a car without a steering wheel or floor pedals, Google announced Tuesday. After years of testing by Google engineers and employees, the company’s new level of confidence in its fully autonomous technology was described as a milestone. The Washington Post
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