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• Straight news - mechanical and formulaic
• Feature news - formulaic, requires good

  writing
• Column writing - free, requires good thinking
• Editorial (news column)

  It comments or interprets timely subjects
• Variety or Humor Column

  An entertainment feature made of short items
• Personals or Chatter Column

  It is a column about well-known persons. All materials should be true and all suggestions are complimentary.
• Hodge-podge Column

  This is a column of various topics that are separated by moustache like asterisks.
• Opinion Column

  Concerns about the readers’ views and may take form of the poll or “inquiring reporter” and the letter to the editor