30 Examples of Types of News

The Newsit's a journalistic text It is carried out to massively communicate a real event of general interest. It's about a information text, which can be written, auditory or audiovisual, disseminated through the various media (press, radio, television, internet, among others). For instance: The South African doctor who discovered the Omicron mutation revealed: "There is no loss of taste or smell".

Broadly speaking, the news should be:

Parts of the news

The news is organized into the following parts:

In addition, all news must answer the following questions (known as the Ws, by their initials in English):

Types of news and examples

Depending on its general theme, different types of news can be identified:

• Policies. News about national or international government activity. For instance:

1. Elections in Honduras: the leftist Xiomara Castro widely leads the ruling Nasry Asfura with 50% of the votes counted
2. The Government advances with the plan to grant a year-end bonus to the beneficiaries of social plans

• Sports. News about events in relation to the different sports. For instance:

1. Lionel Messi: after the seventh Ballon d'Or and the first thanks to his great year in the national team
2. Warriors cheat: playing with Curry shouldn't be allowed

• Economical. News about productivity, finances or the world of money and work. For instance:

1. Inflation in Spain shot up 5.6%, the highest figure in 29 years
2. Christmas baskets adjust to the competition and new consumption habits of Ecuadorians

• Cultural. News about artistic, literary and cultural life. For instance:

1. Almudena Grandes and FIL: two years of solitude and a minute of silence
2. Cervantes Prize 2021: Uruguayan writer Cristina Peri Rossi is awarded the prestigious literature prize

• Social. News about events of community importance. For instance:

1. One million 270 thousand people are vaccinated against influenza in CDMX
2. Presented the campaign "The importance of recycling in the maintenance of our arboreal heritage, our forests and their biodiversity"

• Of show business. News about the entertainment world, especially when they address topics related to fashion, movie and television stars or pop culture. For instance:

1. Britney is finally free: she regained control of her life and her money
2. "We have no salvation": Wanda Nara would have said a lapidary phrase to Mauro Icardi to end the couple

• Police. News about events related to crimes, the police forces or the detective world. For instance:

1. They capture Atanacio Itzep included in the list of the 100 most wanted in Guatemala
2. A deceased by shooting between the Police and criminals in Sacaba

• Scientific. News on topics of specialized interest in science and technology. For instance:

1. Study Finds Domestic Cats Have Psychopathic Traits
2. Historic mission: year-long space travel to deflect an asteroid

On the other hand, according to the treatment of its subject, the news is classified as:

• Of future. News announcing events that will occur in the more or less near future. For instance:

1. The debate over the reform of the electricity sector
2. They ask to discuss a project in the Senate to decide in advance what medical treatment to receive

• Immediate. News that address relevant current events. For instance:

1. South Africa calls for "urgent" cancellation of travel restrictions
2. March of the MAS arrives today in the city of La Paz

• Chronological. News that narrate the events in the order in which they happened, to facilitate the receiver's understanding of the event in a more complete way. For instance:

1. Chronology of the Maradona case one year after his death
2. The historic passage of Queen Elizabeth II through Panama on her first trip abroad as monarch

• Of ephemeris. News that relate events that occurred in the past and that are commemorated in the present. For instance:

1. Today's ephemeris: what happened on November 28
2. A day like today: October 12

• Complementary. News that address other less relevant, but that complete other main news and are presented together. For instance:

1. Principal: A 3-year-old boy died in the Embera camp in Bogotá National Park
2. Complementary: After the death of a minor, the District insists that the Embera Indians accept the transfer from the National Park

• Public service. News with useful information for the public. For instance:

1. Monotax: how to do the recategorization that ends on January 20
2. Useful information for refugees and migrants in Iquique

• Of situation. News that do not address an immediate event, but have a certain permanence in time. They are more elaborate news, with greater depth in the topics that are touched. For instance:

1. They find remains that reveal the Inca presence in the southern province
2. A story of laughter and how women had to learn to conquer it

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