Category of News News fall into basic categories:hard news and soft news. “Hard news"includes&“Soft news”is defined as stories of a timely news that entertains or nature about events or informs,with an emphasis conflicts that have just on human interest(人情味) happened or are about and novelty(新奇)and less to happen,such as crimes,fires,meetings, immediacy than hard news. protest rallies, “Soft news”can also be speeches and stories that focus on testimony in court people,places or issues cases. that affect readers'lives. These stories have These types of stories are immediacy. called"feature stories
News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news. ❖ “Hard news” includes stories of a timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen, such as crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases. ❖ These stories have immediacy. ❖ “Soft news” is defined as news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest(人情味) and novelty(新奇) and less immediacy than hard news. ❖ “Soft news” can also be stories that focus on people, places or issues that affect readers’ lives. These types of stories are called“feature stories.” Category of News
Which category do these fall into? flash(快讯) features(特写) urgent(急电) anecdote(趣事;轶事) brief(简讯) personal profile(人物特写) breaking news(突发新闻)
Which category do these fall into? ❖flash (快讯) ❖features (特写) ❖urgent (急电) ❖anecdote (趣事;轶事) ❖brief (简讯) ❖personal profile (人物特写) ❖breaking news (突发新闻)