We have four stages:
- Indentify and find news and/or information which will attract anda interest the key audience;
- Collect all the materials needed to tell the story/provide the information;
- Select from the collection the best material;
- Present that material as effectively as possible.
News Categories
We have two categories:
- Hard news
- Soft news
Hard news; it includes stories of a timely nature about event or conflicts that have just happened orf about to happen. Basically an account of what happened and how readers will be affected. These stories have immediacy.
Soft news; It is also called feature. It covers a wide terriory. Basically it is news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest and novelty less immediacy than hard news