Short newspaper articles on familiar topics. Newspaper Article Format

4. Short newspaper articles on familiar topics.

Newspaper Article Format

There are five main components of newspaper articles. The following is the correct newspaper article format:

Headline - a short statement about the event of the newspaper. A headline grasps the attention of the audience so that they want to continue reading the article.
Byline - tells who wrote the article.
Lead/Lede paragraph - contains the most essential information that the journalist had to research to find. This section answers Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?
Explanation - includes all other information the audience may want to know about the headline. The journalist must decide what else the audience will want/need to know within the article and do more research to include this information. This section may also include witness interviews and other direct quotes from people involved in the event being written about.
Additional Information - any nonessential information regarding a similar event. The additional information is the least important in the article, is not required, and is sometimes removed if the article is longer than the space provided.
Note that a newspaper article does not contain a topic sentence or closing sentence like in an essay.
What are the 5 parts of a newspaper article?
A newspaper article should contain these five main components: a headline, a byline, a lead/lede paragraph, an explanation, and any other additional information. A newspaper article should not include topic or closing sentences.
What is the format of a newspaper article?
The format of a newspaper article should follow this structure: headline and byline followed by a lead/lede paragraph, explanation, and any other additional information. This is the typical format of all newspaper articles.
What is a writer for a newspaper called?
Someone who writes articles for a newspaper is typically called a journalist. However, they may also be referred to as a columnist, editor, or reporter.
How is a newspaper written?
A newspaper is written by a journalist. The journalist must do research and interviews in order to write a credible newspaper article.
News programmes
This is a great team activity for both reading and speaking practice. Put students into small teams and give them one or two recent newspapers. Tell them that they are going to work together to produce a news programme, including the headlines, special reports, interviews, perhaps some footage from a story (if students like acting!), perhaps the weather forecast. Their programme should be based on news items from the papers, and everyone must be involved in some way. If you have the equipment, you might like to film the programmes, or if not, each team could act out their programme to the rest of the class.