How To Write A News Report

How to write a News Report
What is a newspaper?
There are two different kinds of national
newspapers :
Broadsheets: these are newspapers printed on

large sheets of newspaper.
Tabloids: these are printed on smaller sheets of

newspaper.
Name of
Newspaper 40p
The Daily Mirror Thursday, 9 October
th
Headline
DOG SAVES THE DAY!

Heroic action of dog saves owner from certain death
Sub-heading An opening xxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xx
paragraph is
usually written
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Image
in bold font xxxxxxxx xxxxxx x x xxx
and tells the xxxxxxx xxx xxx x
reader briefly xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx
The condemned gate
about the xxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
xx xxxx x x x x
details of the xxxx. xxxxxxx xxx
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story. xxxxxx xxxxxxxx
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The rest of the xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Opening article provides xxxx.
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a more detailed Xxxxxxxxx xxx
paragraph report of the
Secondary Story but it isn’t the
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event. xxxxxx xxxx
This story may way to the first
Xxxxx xxxxx or may not be
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story. It is an ‘top’ story of Columns
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The inverted pyramid model
25 words or less
The key elements of a News Report are….

1. Headline
➢ Catches your attention ➢ Sums up the story
2. Byline
➢ Writer’s name ➢ Writer’s Specialty, e.g. sports, food, crime, current events
Headlines
Newspaper headlines are designed to attract the
reader’s attention.
● Use dramatic or emotional words, such as:

Crisis Drama Clash Fury Battle Row
● Alliteration – ‘Pick up a Penguin’
● Puns – ‘Kentucky Freed Chicken’ (Jokes)
● Rhymes/half rhymes – ‘St Helen’s Glass has the class’

Task
Try to think of headlines to make readers want to read these
stories:
1. High exam results at your school.

2. A huge storm over your town.
3. A footballer’s shorts fall down during an important game.
Try to use a range of techniques- such as alliteration, puns,

full and half-rhyme.
3. Placeline
➢ Where the story begins
4. ➢ Lead
The opening section or paragraph (no more than 25-30 words)
➢ Gives most important information ➢ Should answer most of the 5W's
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
Newspaper Articles- the LEAD (opening
paragraph)
●What? What has happened, what is the situation, etc.

●Who? Who is or was involved.
●When? When the event took place, or is likely to
take place.
●Where? Where the event took place.

5. Body
➢ Supplies detail
➢ Most important
details come first
➢ Simple true
statements
6. Quotation
➢ What someone
actually said ➢
Adds accuracy ➢
Adds “at the
scene” feeling
Quotations in Newspaper Articles
Direct Speech
Mrs Jones, a local shopkeeper said, ‘I couldn’t
believe it when Robbie Williams turned up at
my shop.’
These words came DIRECTLY from Mrs.

Jones’ mouth
Direct Speech
● He said, ‘I am on the point of leaving’.
● ‘You are as daft as my brother,’ Wendy said.
● Emma declared, ‘I shall go shopping.’
● ‘I have your name and address,’ said the
policeman.
These are the EXACT words spoken

Quotations in Newspaper Articles
Reported Speech
It was a complete surprise for Mrs Jones when Robbie
Williams turned up at her shop.
________________________________________________
These aren’t the actual words that Mrs. Jones said,

although it does tell us how she felt.
Indirect Speech
Task 2
Change these sentences into the reported speech
form.
● They said, ‘We always travel by public transport.’

●Doug said, ’I passed all my exams last year.’
● ‘Where will you spend the holidays?’ asked Jenny.
● ‘Please give me another chance,’ she begged.
News Report Checklist
1. Headline
➢ Catches your attention ➢ Sums up the story
2. Byline
➢ Writer’s name ➢ Writer’s Specialty, e.g. sports, food, crime, current events
3. Placeline & Dateline
➢ Where the story begins ➢ Date
4. Lead
➢The opening section of no more than 25-30 words which gives the most important information - it should
answer the 5 Ws.
5. Body
➢ Supplies detail ➢ Most important details come first ➢ Simple true statements
6. Quotation / statistics
➢ What someone actually said ➢ Adds accuracy ➢ Adds “at the scene” feeling

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Broadsheets: these are newspapers printed on

Tabloids: these are printed on smaller sheets of

DOG SAVES THE DAY!

The key elements of a News Report are….

● Use dramatic or emotional words, such as:

● Puns – ‘Kentucky Freed Chicken’ (Jokes)

● Rhymes/half rhymes – ‘St Helen’s Glass has the class’

1. High exam results at your school.

Try to use a range of techniques- such as alliteration, puns,

●What? What has happened, what is the situation, etc.

●Where? Where the event took place.

These words came DIRECTLY from Mrs.

These are the EXACT words spoken

These aren’t the actual words that Mrs. Jones said,

● They said, ‘We always travel by public transport.’

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