Writing A News Or Press Release Article

Writing a news (press release) article is crucial and not easy. It will require a certain technical knowledge. However, mastering it is not so difficult. Upon paying attention to the set of rules cited in this blog, you will be able to write a good and newsworthy content.

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The main goal of writing a news article is to ultimately provide clear picture and emphasis of a particular problem. There should be complications of the problem chosen as the topic, together with clarifications based on facts and information. Citing the possible remedy of the problem may also be helpful. Meaning, everything about a particular newsworthy story should be elaborated through factual data.

The main gauge of the newsworthiness of the story you are going to write should be based on the following questions:

• Is the story new to the readers?
• Is the story unusual to people?
• Is the story concerned about people’s daily problems?
• Is it interesting and significant for the readers?
• Is it about people, events or circumstances affecting mankind?

Through the 5 contextualized questions mentioned above, your news content is going to be very fascinating for the readers. You should then have enough data and facts when writing a news article. Having interviews and researches where the facts and details are drawn is advised. Conducting personal interviews about the concerned subject is helpful. If interviews cannot be done, reading verified online facts is useful.

How to write a newsworthy article? Easy! Try to think of an inverted pyramid shape. On top is the general idea of the story. This is where the main meat of the article is supposedly found. In other words, you have to follow the inverted pyramid way of writing when trying to release and publish a news article.

To understand better how to write a newsworthy article, cited below is the suggested format. 

• Headline/Title

The headline or title of your news article should be catching. This is where you first get the attention of your readers. I call this the ‘bait part.’ It must contain 6 to 10 words. It must be written in a way that the readers are ignited to read your entire news story.

• Lead Paragraph

This is the most crucial part of your news story. After writing your headline, this is where you discuss the general idea of your article. In the lead paragraph, you have to answer directly the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, and why) and 1H (how). Here, you will summarize your story having the main idea and at least 2 to 3 supporting sentences. 

• Meat Of The Article

In the succeeding parts of your news article, you should be writing the specific explanations that are related to your story. But, again, you have to remember that the shape you should follow is the inverted pyramid shape. So, it means, right after the lead paragraph, you should then put the hierarchical explanations based on their weighed importance and relevance. Quoting statements also deepens your news article, and it must be done with the required attributions.

• End Of The Story

In ending your news article, you must re-emphasize again the essence and implication of your lead paragraph, where the general idea is presented. In this part, go back to the general emphasis of your story and explain it in a concluding manner.

A newsworthy press release article must contain 350-500 words. This number of words is enough for you to write a worth-reading content for the online readers to appreciate. Again, writing a news article requires you to only follow the pyramid approach of writing.