Hard news (+/- 600 words) This is how journalists refer to news of the day. It is a chronicle of current events/incidents and is the most common news style on the front page of your typical newspaper.It starts with a summary lead. What happened? Where? When? To/by whom? Why? (The journalist's 5 W's) in first two sentences .
Soft news (+/-600 words): This is a term for all the news that isn't time-sensitive.Soft news includes profiles of people, programs or organizations.
Feature (+/-1500 words): It explores an issue
Editorial: The editorial expresses an opinion.
Finding story ideas
Keep your eyes and ears open
Read everything you can get your hands on;
Think of a youth angle to a current news story.
Research a subject that interests you
Talk to people in a specific field to find out what is important to them.
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