How to write news?

Generally speaking, it can be divided into the following four categories: inverted pyramid, positive pyramid, compromise and straightforward.

"Inverted Pyramid": This writing method is commonly used by the media at present, that is, writing the most important news in the first paragraph or presenting it at the front of the news in the form of "news summary", which is helpful for the media to edit the headlines and help readers quickly understand the news highlights. It stems from the fact that American newspapers cater to the audience's acceptance psychology, so it is widely imitated. Now many domestic metropolis newspapers use this format.

The basic format (except the title) is: write the most newsworthy part of a news event in the introduction (newsworthy is the most prominent, latest and attractive part of the news). For example, after a ball game, what the audience/readers/listeners want most is the result or the performance of a player, so write from here first.

Secondly, in the body of the report, according to the importance of each element of the incident, it is written down in descending order, and the last is the least important. At the same time, note that only one event element can be written in a paragraph, but not all.

Because this format does not conform to the basic time sequence of event development, we should try our best to conceive from the perspective of the audience and arrange the event elements according to the audience's understanding of the importance of the event. Therefore, we need long-term practical experience and a macro understanding of the audience.

"Right pyramid": This writing is just the opposite of "inverted pyramid". It is a writing style that takes the chronological order as the writing structure, followed by introduction, process and result, and gradually climaxes, with the news focus at the end of the text, which is generally used for close-ups.

"Compromise": Also known as Xinhua Style. This writing is a compromise between "inverted pyramid" and "positive pyramid", that is, the most important information in the news is still presented in the introduction, and then described according to the timeliness or logic of the news. China's news reports generally follow the chronological order, but this "storytelling" writing style is no longer suitable for the reading habits of the audience (most people don't have time to listen to your long speeches), so the "Xinhua Style" was born under the condition of absorbing the advantages of Chinese and foreign news reports.

The basic format (except the title) is: 1. The most important part of the event is concisely reflected in the introduction.

Secondly, in the second paragraph, this important part of the introduction is further elaborated to form a support so that the audience will not form a psychological gap when accepting it. So the second paragraph is actually a transition.

Third, tell stories in chronological order.

"Plain description": As the name implies, this writing method is to pay attention to the beginning, inheritance, transformation and combination of writing, and strive to write smoothly and accurately. For teachers' organizations, because they often have to express their views on specific educational policies and events, this writing method is suitable for organizations to use when making statements.

Recently, a format called "The Wall Street Journal" (DEE) is very popular. The main feature of this format is a "shot" at the beginning of a news event, which generally leads to the whole news report, such as the news that the central bank will raise the mortgage interest rate. News reports can be written from the housing loan behavior of an ordinary citizen, which is closer to reality, the masses and life.

Headlines are very important for news reports, and even a headline is a report. Therefore, the title should refine the "essence" of news events, reflect the most attractive places, and be concise at the same time. If necessary, you can add a quotation before the main title and then a subtitle. If you want to write a long investigative report and in-depth report, you should pay attention to adding some subtitles to the text according to the need of clear narrative of the event, so as to summarize part of the content and make it easy for the audience to read (for print media).

In addition to the above, we should also pay attention to some details, such as the text should be connected first, like "this newspaper"; In this paper, direct quotations are used as much as possible, and journalists' views are expressed as little as possible; Writing should be smooth, not difficult or something.

news commentary

1. The concept of news commentary

News commentary is the general term for the statements made by news organizations. News and comments, like the wings of birds, constitute two major styles of newspapers. It is a news genre that directly expresses opinions, expounds opinions and shows attitudes on important issues in real life. On the premise of attaching to news, all kinds of essays with news value, regardless of length, whether signed or not, can be called news comments.

2. Characteristics of news commentary

(1), like other speeches, consists of three elements: argument, argument and argumentation, which is policy-oriented, targeted and accurate.

(2) In the limited space, we mainly rely on unique insights to attract readers and win.

(3) The conception is novel and the discussion is accurate and incisive.

(4) mainly to the masses.

3. Types of news comments

At present, the classification of news comments in China is as follows:

(1) There are political comments, military comments, economic comments, social comments, cultural and educational comments and international comments.

(2) According to the nature and function of comments, there are explanatory comments, encouraging comments, critical comments and controversial comments.

(3) From the perspective of comment writing, there are argumentative comments, refuting comments, explanatory comments, explanatory comments and suggestive comments.

(4) According to the form of comments, there are editorials, editorial articles, comments, newspaper commentator articles, short comments, post-editing, editor's notes, ideological comments, column comments, news comments, papers, ramblings, monographs and miscellaneous feelings.

4. Writing of news commentary

First, we should pay attention to pertinence. Using Marxist standpoint, viewpoint and method, through concrete scientific analysis, we explain, answer and guide the ideological problems that people are generally concerned about and urgently need to answer and solve, as well as the practical problems that people urgently need to answer and solve in the construction of two civilizations.

Second, the arguments should be fresh. As far as comments are concerned, an argument is an opinion. It's the soul. The argument is not new, or it is similar to that published in the newspaper. Readers lose interest from the beginning and don't want to read it any more.

Third, the arguments should be typical and convincing. The argument of a review is the news facts and related materials used to illustrate the argument. Argumentation is not only the basis of argumentation, but also the basis of criticism, judgment and reasoning. Therefore, it is very important to carefully choose news facts as arguments.

Fourth, reasoning should have depth. When writing a review, you should work hard at reasoning. Whether a comment and reasoning are profound or not is often related to its success or failure.

In addition, we should pay attention to writing approachable comments, try to avoid cliches, try to be literary and artistic, and let readers love it.

There are many formats of press releases, which are constantly explored in the development of journalism, and the formats are different in different periods.

One is the "inverted pyramid" style originated from the American press. This format is widely imitated because it caters to the audience's acceptance psychology. Now many domestic metropolis newspapers use this format.

The basic format (except the title) is: write the most newsworthy part of a news event in the introduction (newsworthy is the most prominent, latest and attractive part of the news). For example, after a ball game, what the audience/readers/listeners want most is the result or the performance of a player, so write from here first.

Secondly, in the body of the report, according to the importance of each element of the incident, it is written down in descending order, and the last is the least important. At the same time, note that only one event element can be written in a paragraph, but not all.

Because this format does not conform to the basic time sequence of event development, we should try our best to conceive from the perspective of the audience and arrange the event elements according to the audience's understanding of the importance of the event. Therefore, we need long-term practical experience and a macro understanding of the audience.

The other is the combination of Chinese and foreign-Xinhua style. China's news reports generally follow the chronological order, but this "storytelling" writing style is no longer suitable for the reading habits of the audience (most people don't have time to listen to your long speeches), so the "Xinhua Style" was born under the condition of absorbing the advantages of Chinese and foreign news reports.

The basic format (except the title) is: 1. The most important part of the event is concisely reflected in the introduction.

Secondly, in the second paragraph, this important part of the introduction is further elaborated to form a support so that the audience will not form a psychological gap when accepting it. So the second paragraph is actually a transition.

Third, tell stories in chronological order.

The above are common news reporting formats.

Headlines are very important for news reports, and even a headline is a report. Therefore, the title should refine the "essence" of news events, reflect the most attractive places, and be concise at the same time. If necessary, you can add a quotation before the main title and then a subtitle. If you want to write a long investigative report and in-depth report, you should pay attention to adding some subtitles to the text according to the need of clear narrative of the event, so as to summarize part of the content and make it easy for the audience to read (for print media).

In addition, a format called "Wall Street Journal" (DEE) is very popular recently. The main feature of this format is a "shot" in the news event at the beginning of the article, which is generally based on a person's words and deeds, thus leading to the whole news report, such as the news that the central bank is going to raise the mortgage interest rate. News reports can be written from the housing loan behavior of an ordinary citizen, which is closer to reality, the masses and life.

In addition to the above, we should also pay attention to some details, such as the text should be connected first, like "this newspaper"; In this paper, direct quotations are used as much as possible, and journalists' views are expressed as little as possible; Writing should be smooth, not difficult or something.

Finally, news reporting is actually a very personalized and organized behavior. Individuals can have their own characteristics, and a newspaper can have its own principles. But one thing can't be abandoned, that is, any format should be written in the fastest, simplest and most satisfactory format for the audience. This is the "truth" of news reports.

News can be divided into news and communication.

The general composition of a message is: title, message, header, introduction, text and background ending.