WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER

NEWSPAPER

A newspaper is periodical publication that is issued daily or weekly and includes local and international news stories, advertisements, announcements, opinions, cartoons, sports news and television listings. It is a combination of information regarding different categories which include sports, crime , politics, entertainment etc.

FOUR CRITERIA OF THE NEWSPAPER

Publicity: The contents of the paper are reasonably accessible to the public

Periodicity: It is published at regular intervals

Currency: The information is up to date

Universality: The topics covered are of a wide range

TYPES OF NEWSPAPER

Daily Weekly National Regional International Online/E-paper

NEWSPAPER FORMATS

PUBLISHING FORMAT

Print: published on hardcopy (paper) this is the traditional way of printing

Online: With the advancement of technology and the accessibility of the virtual world to people the concept of online paper is becoming famous. The paper is put online for viewers to read it is also called (E-paper)

Custom: Another trend that is coming forward is on customization of newspaper the user online creates his own newspaper adding only the news that he prefers and the custom paper is then delivered to them

THE 5WS OF A NEWSPAPER STORY

Every story that is to be published in the paper has to answer the following questions: 5Ws

Who? - who is the story about? What? - what is the story about? Where? - where does the story take place? When? - when does the story take place? Why? - why is this happening?