TYPES OF

NEWS
STORIES
PRESENTED BY ANGELO C. MABUTING
 NEWS STORIES MAY FALL UNDER ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING TYPES ACCORDING TO:

Scope or Chronology
Origin or Sequence
Structure

Treatment Content Minor

Forms
SCOPE OR ORIGIN

Local News National News

Foreign News Dateline News

LOCAL NEWS

- Report of events
that take place
within the
immediate
locality.

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NATIONAL
NEWS

- News that takes

place within the
country.

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FOREIGN - News that takes
NEWS place outside the
country.

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DATELINE
NEWS

- News preceded by the date and

place of origin or place where it was
written.
CHRONOLOGY OR
SEQUENCE

b. Spot news - News that is

a. Advance or anticipated -
gathered and reported
News published before its
on the spot. It deals with
occurrence, sometimes
unscheduled information
called dope or
demanding immediate
prognostication.
publication.
CHRONOLOGY OR
SEQUENCE

c. Coverage news - News

written from a given beat. d. Follow-up news -
Both spot news and A sequel to a
coverage news are good previous story.
examples of first-hand
reporting.
 STRUCTURE

a. Straight news - News b. News-feature - It is

that consists of facts also based on facts, (1) Single-feature or
given straight without
but it entertains one-incident story
embellishment. It uses the
more than it informs. (2)Several-feature,
summary lead and is
It uses the suspended multiple-angled, or
written using the
interest structure like composite story
inverted pyramid
structure. the narrative
(1) Single-feature or one-incident story - The story
deals with an isolated event. A single fact is
featured in the lead and is explained further in the
succeeding paragraphs.

(2)Several-feature, multiple-angled, or composite

story - Several facts are included in the lead in
their order of importance. These facts are
elaborated one after the other in the body.
 a. Fact story - This is a plain exposition
setting forth a single situation or a series
of closely related facts that inform.

TREAT- b. Action story - narrative involving not merely

simple facts but dramatic actions – incidents,

MENT
description of persons, perhaps testimonies of
witness, as well as explanatory data.

c. Speech report - A news story usually

written from a public address, talks, and
speeches.
 d. Quote story - Speeches, statements,
and letters, and to some extent,
interviews when reported, are regarded

TREAT-
as quote stories.

MENT e. Interview story - A news report

written from an interview.
 CONTENT

a. Routine story celebrations, enrollment,

graduation, election stories reported year in
and year out.
b. Police reports - accident, fire, calamity, crime
stories, etc.
c. Science news
d. Developmental news
e. Sports stories
MINOR FORMS
a. News brief - A short b. News bulletin - It is
item of news interest, similar to the lead of a
written like a brief straight news story. Its
telegraphic messag aim is just to give the gist
of the news.

c. News-featurette _
d. Flash - A bulletin
This is a short news
that conveys the first
feature usually used
word of an event.
as filler
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