News is information about what is happening, and the people who are doing it. It can be a good or bad thing. It can also be a funny or a sad thing. It is a type of information that most people find interesting, and can be read or heard about.
It is important to remember that not all events are newsworthy. A man who wakes up, eats breakfast and takes the bus to work every day, for example, is not going to be a very big news story. A story about a man who dies is probably quite a bit more newsworthy.
There are many different types of news, including national, local, international, political, health, weather, entertainment and more. Most news is about people, but it can also be about non-human sources of information, like a cyclone or a bush fire.
Often, the biggest or most controversial news stories are those which catch the attention of everyone and make them want to know more. This is because people can get caught up in a story, and it is usually more interesting to hear about the big things that happen than to read about smaller and more mundane incidents.
A very good way to start a story is with a well-crafted lead that sets the scene and shows what is to come. This should include information about who is involved in the event, and how it came to be, followed by key details such as when it happened, where it occurred and why it happened.
It is a common mistake to overdo the flowery language in the lead, and to use formulaic phrases that sound cliched or tired. Avoid these mistakes and concentrate on strong verbs, nouns and adjectives.
The most important thing to remember about writing a news article is that it is not an opinion piece, but a factual report of what happened. The facts should be detailed in a chronological order, using the inverted pyramid format. It is very easy to skim a hard news story and not understand what is going on, so the most important facts should come first and the rest gradually build up the details of the incident.
When a journalist writes a news story, they must choose what to tell the reader about an event and who to interview. This is a difficult task, because there are many different sides to an issue. It is often necessary to limit the amount of time that a journalist spends on a particular event and try and write about only one or two angles of an issue at a time.
This may seem like an impossible task, but it is a challenge that journalists face daily. It is often hard for them to decide whether to write about the biggest and most disputed issues, or write about the little things that have been ignored or forgotten.
Ultimately, the biggest and most important stories in any newspaper will be given their own section, and the rubbish will be thrown away. That is why it is essential to make sure that any stories you write for your newspaper are relevant and that they will be of interest to readers.