Key Features Of A News Article

Key Features Of A News Article

1. Headline - usually only four or five words.

2. Quotes – sometimes articles will include what a person has said

3. By-line – who wrote the article

4. Introduction – It will set the scene and summarise the main points of the article: who, what, when, where

5. Body – provides more detail about the event, in particular it answers the questions how and why.

6. Photograph and caption – sometimes articles have a photograph, and a sentence explaining the photograph