News Reports

News Reports

1. its objective is informing

2. its headline is as short as possible

3. numbers are used instead of words in journalistic writing

4. past tense verbs are used for dramatism and saving space

5. figurative language is not important

6. subheadings are used to keep the readers interest

7. it usually start with what happened most recently

8. in the first paragraph it says the basic information

9. it may interviews witnesses

10. A news item will say whats currently happen

11. You have to select the important information