NEWS

• Basic report of things happen

• Concise
• Formula based
• Date value
• 5w1h
• Focus on objectivity and accuracy
• All key information + basic facts
• b/g + interpretation ( may or not be )
 BACKGROUNDER
• Details abt people/place/issue/org etc.- basic
info
• Supplementary to writing news
• Removes confusion or information gap
• Explains or amplifies the basic matter
• E.g. Sanjay Dutt case, ISIS attacks, Israel-
Palestine issue, Dadri case, Babri Masjid case,
Tata Corporation history etc.
• an information sheet that should be sent out
to all media sources along with news releases,
press conference invitations, feature stories
and other approaches
• Example- business backgrounders
brief company history, a list or summary paragraph of key
players, and some information about the company’s structure,
sales volume, and capitalization , the company’s main products
and services, and its position in the market
• backgrounders should be short,
• feel free to include web addresses that
reporters can visit for more information
 FEATURE
• Informal, descriptive, interesting
• Appeals to emotional side and no direct effect
• Illustrating subject or person
• No specific formula
• No timeliness factor
• Rxns/effects/feelings
• Light elements
• Human interest angle from stories
• Deeper than news
• Observation and visualization ( eyes,ears,tongue)
• Imagination and humor
• Style of writing in focus
• Involve, teach or amuse by info of human
interest
• Narrative hook ( 200 words beginning)
• ‘Feature article’ or ‘feature news’
 Types of feature

- Human interest
- Personal narratives
- Meeting unusual people ( habits/ way of life )
- Travel sketches
- Historical features ( books/places)
- Autobiographical human docs ( my experiments with
truth)
- Science feature ( scientific dev. In simple language)
• Practical guidance features ( D-I-Y)
e.g.
- A day in the life of Iraqi soldier
- A town’s history
- A child saves four puppies from drowning
- A persona getting award
 ARTICLE
• Issue-based
• No timeliness factor but should be concurrent
• Research+ fact-based
• Serious and formal nature of analysis
• Various aspects of an issue
• Author’s viewpoint with argument/ base + proof
/facts
• Generally more lengthy than news or feature
• Tasteless style
• Link and flow of paras imp
• In detail analysis
• Informative
• End with some conclusion
• No fixed place in newspapers and amgazines