Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Every newspaper might have its own style of writing but a general format
followed by all the newspapers at base levels is systematically divided into
several parts. Roughly speaking a news story structure follows 1-2-3-4
steps, that is:
1. The lead. What is the most important news? How can you write it in the
clearest way and make it interesting too?
The main impetus lies in the body of the report. Once the introduction has
been written, there are rules that must be applied to any following
paragraphs. Each following paragraph should be about 30 words long which
will help to present information in shorter doses and maintain interest
longer. Each paragraph should aim to be as independent of the other
paragraphs as far as possible (inverted pyramid structure). The journalist
must present information in descending order of importance. To get a
deeper understanding, a news story or report is divided into 5 parts namely;
Here is a sample article which consists of all these parts for easy
understanding:
Byline – By M J Saleem
Body – Twenty persons were killed and 33 others injured when 11 bogies of
Bangalore-bound Muzaffarpur- Yesvantpur Express derailed at Sitheri, about
90 km from here, early this morning.
Top officials of the Southern Railway visited the spot and commenced an
initial probe into the cause of the derailment.
Ending – The number of recent train accidents have become a serious
concern for the government today. The government is planning some serious
measures to avoid train accidents.
v News story
v Editorial
v Political Cartoon
Political Cartoon
Political Cartoons give the reader a view of the ‘thinking of the day’. The
cartoon often uses satire to make a point and usually tries to evoke a strong
emotional response for one side of the issue.
Editorial