News is information about current events, people and places. It can be about politics, business or entertainment. It should be accurate and factual but it should also be interesting and entertaining. News articles usually start with a hook, like a dramatic anecdote or a surprising fact. Then they explain why the event, person or place is newsworthy. This is known as the nut graph and it answers the who, what, when, where and why of the story.
If you want to stay up to date with world news, it’s important to have multiple sources of information. Watching TV, reading newspapers and following news apps are all good ways to keep up with the latest developments. However, it is important to note that some media companies have biases and present the news in their own perspective. It is a good idea to balance out your news consumption with sources that have more of a neutral or center perspective.
Many researchers have tried to identify the characteristics that make an article a piece of news. Galtung and Ruge have identified a number of factors that determine whether something is considered newsworthy including: timeliness; topicality; composition; magnitude; relevance; and external influences.