News

News is what everyone wants to knows about

What is news?
What is news?

News is timely report of events, facts, opinions, and

interest about significant number of people.
News is an abstract concept whose shape changes as
the interest of human change. Anything timely that
interests a large number of persons and the best news
is that which has the greatest interests for the greatest
number.
5 Ws and 1 H
5 Ws and 1 H

 What
5 Ws and 1 H

 What
 When
5 Ws and 1 H

 What
 When
 Where
5 Ws and 1 H

 What
 When
 Where
 Why
5 Ws and 1 H

 What
 When
 Where
 Why
 Who
5 Ws and 1 H

 What
 When
 Where
 Why
 Who
 How
The 5 Ws are often mentioned in journalism (cf. news style),
research, and police investigations.

 What
 When
 Where
 Why
 Who
The 5 Ws are often mentioned in journalism (cf. news style),
research, and police investigations.

 What happend
 When did it take place
 Where did it take place
 Why did it happen
 Who is it about
Some authors add a sixth question, "how", to the list, though "how" can
also be covered by "what", "where", or "when"

 How did it happen

Different types of News
Different types of News

Hard News
Different types of News

Hard News
Soft News
Hard News

Event oriented
Centered on what, when, where and why
Hard news covers news on serious crime example: Terrorist
attacks
 Politics
 Natural Disasters
 Foreign Affairs
Soft News

Soft news are news about entertainment, human

interest stories and less serious crime.
More on annalysis, reasons, background and
interpretation. They would like to enter beneath
the upper crust of hard news.
Kinds of Headlines

Banner Head
Crossline Head
Flush Left Head
Side Heads/ Flush Right Head
Kicker
Kinds of Headlines

 Banner Head – banner headlines are attention grabbers. They set the tone, and are used springly. It is the full-
page width at the top of the news page to draw attention to the lead story of the paritcular page.
Kinds of Headlines

 Crossline Head – It doesn’t always span the full-width of the page, but does cover all the columns of the
story to which it pertains.
Kinds of Headlines

 Flush Left Head – is a two- or three-line head with each line set flush left.
Kinds of Headlines

 Side heads/Flush right head – is a two- or three-line head with each line set flush right. The head to the right
of the story, rather than above.
Kinds of Headlines

 Kicker (eyebrow)– also known as tag line. It is a line that introduces the headline or can be underlined for
emphasis.
News Categories

 Sports
 Economy
 Crime
 Natural Disaster
 Entertainment
 Political
 Foreign Affairs
Is it Hard or Soft News?