News is any type of information that presents a new and recent event or that spreads news about an existing situation. The origin of the word "news" comes from Latin, in which “news” means “notoriety; knowledge of someone; notion".
The news is an informative text, which can appear on television, internet, radio, newspapers and magazines. It belongs to the narration group, and has the elements that make up a narrative, such as characters, time and space.
It is common to use the term as a synonym for "whereabouts", when one intends to have knowledge about a particular person. For example: “Have you heard from our colleague Maria Antônia?”.
In journalism, news is an informative text of public interest, which narrates some recent event that occurred in the country or in the world. Its content can be formed by a political, economic, social, cultural, etc. theme.
The narration of news of a journalistic genre must be done in an exact, objective and impartial way. In this type of news, the veracity of the facts, the clarity of the language and the objectivity of the content must be highlighted.
The main questions that must be answered to structure a news story are: "what?", "who?", "when?", "where?", "how?", "why?".
The structure of the journalistic text is called an "inverted pyramid", as the most relevant information in the news must appear in the first paragraph. In the following paragraphs, other information appears in descending order of importance.
Difference between news and report
Despite being similar, the difference between the report and the news is in the structure of the texts.
The news is a short text that tells a fact that occurred in the present. It can provide quotes from people involved in the event, or who witnessed it.
Already the report is more elaborate. In it, the writer presents a deeper analysis on a given subject. It also has interviews and surveys to develop the text and present the most important aspects of the topic discussed.
In the articles, for example, it is possible to find infographics, expert opinions and other information that is relevant to the topic.
See too:
- What is reporting?;
- What is fake news?;
- What is information text?;
- What is the Textual Genre News?