ENG - Types of Journalistic Writing (G8)

• Journalistic writing


  4 types: News, Editorial or Opinion, Feature, Sports
• News


  • Usually seen in front of the newspaper
  • Focus on significant events
  • All-facts-based articles, no opinions
  • Come in different varieties: local, regional, national, international
• Editorial or Opinion


  • Usually found in the editorial or opinion page
  • Written in first person
  • Includes writers' personal opinions
  • Backed up with facts
• Features


  • Try to get human interest
  • Do not follow the 5Ws and 1H in order
  • Writers can be as creative as they want
• Sports


  • Falls between news and features
  • Writer directly tells a story based on what happened in the game, how it ended, crowd reaction, interviews