news story
Journalist's written account
A news story is a factual account of current events prepared for publication or broadcast.
The term emphasizes reportage over opinion—a news story presents what happened, distinguishing it from editorials or features.
The paper ran a front-page news story on the scandal.
In casual use, any piece of journalism: Did you see that news story about the mayor?
- bylineArticle author identification
- headlineNews article title
- lead paragraphOpening section of article
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- quotesRepeated words, verbatim
sound bite · human interest · body text · conclusion · wire · eyewitness account · report · public records · scoop · media literacy · spin doctor · dateline · photographs · analysis · fact check · captions · source · article
- articlesarticle, magazine article, features, columns, reviews
- mediatelevision, mass media, broadcasting, video, radio station
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
- textstext, book, article, essay, document
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- news medianewspaper, documentary, article, press photo, journalist
news storyeditorial
Publication's official viewpoint article
opinion piece · op-ed · column · commentary · think piece
news storyfake news
Intentionally deceptive media content
disinformation · misinformation · hoax · fabrication · fiction
news storyold news
Outdated information
history · historical account · ancient history · yesterday's news · archive
new, story, news, stories, storied, storybook, storyteller, storyline, newsletter