Types of News Writing

=Type of story.= Although most local events have been included in the various classes of stories discussed in preceding chapters, there remain several forms of city news that re...

=Type of story.= As all forms of judicial procedure are included under court news, stories of this class cover such matters as police court news, criminal trials, civil suits, d...

building commissioner, or one of his inspectors, shall inspect every building which he has reason to believe is unsafe or dangerous to life, limb or adjoining buildings, and, if...

=Type of story.= News stories in this division may be grouped in two classes: (1) those of display, such as exhibitions, shows, fairs, and parades, and (2) those of banquets, ho...

=Interest in sports.= One of the marked characteristics of American newspapers is the large amount of space, both absolutely and relatively, that they devote in every issue to n...

Two pairs of arms entwined the neck of Harry Blair, wounded and confessed streetcar bandit, as he lay chained to a cot in the Emergency Hospital yesterday morning. While his you...

=Type of story.= News stories of various kinds of meetings constitute a distinct class. In the term “meeting” are included sessions of state legislatures, meetings of municipal...

=Type of story.= Speeches, lectures, addresses, and sermons may be considered in the same class with interviews and reports, because all are alike in being some form of utteranc...

In this class of news stories are included those concerning the illness or death of persons known in the community or in the world at large, as well as those dealing with illnes...

=Type of story.= Since police news ranges from slight misdemeanors to the most serious of crimes such as murder and suicide, it offers widely different material for news stories...

Interest in social and personal news is so great that practically every newspaper maintains a society department under the direction of a society editor. The form and style suit...

The universal interest in the weather, which makes it the most common topic of conversation, is due to its effect upon health, business, and pleasure. Official forecasts of the...

=Value of study.= Every good news story may be regarded as a solution of a difficult problem in gathering, selecting, and weaving together a number of details. The steps in the...

Most political news falls into one of the general classes of stories already considered. Party conventions, campaign meetings, political speeches, interviews with candidates and...

Strikes, lock-outs, and similar labor troubles, as disturbances in the economic life of the community, are of interest to many readers who are not directly affected. Important i...

=Type of story.= Many newspaper reports of fires and accidents may be considered as typical examples of narrative and descriptive news stories of the purely informative type. Th...

=Contents of newspapers.= The average daily newspaper includes a larger amount and variety of reading matter than most readers realize. In one issue of a large daily paper, whic...

The fleeing man drops with a bullet in the left leg and another in the left hip. Hoover stoops down, picks up something clutched in the wounded man’s hand, stares at it curiousl...