TYPES OF NEWS STORIES V:Education, Research, Religion

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LESSON 11

TYPES OF NEWS STORIES V

COMPLEX NEWS

These are, as a matter of fact, stories which involve complexities of the nature of the beat, of the language

that is to be employed while penning down the news item, of the jargons which are frequently used in the

writings or in the conversation about the field.

These are the news stories which demand reporter's special knowledge about the beat he is covering. The

reporter covering this type of stories must be well versed in the basic knowledge about the beat.

Actually this is where comes up interpretative reporting to facilitate people with back and foreground of

the event covered by the reporter so that they may not find any lack or ambiguity while listening to the

news item.

The following are the essentials to be made a part of complex news items by a reporter:

Reporter must incorporate extra explanation in the news item.

Technical vocabulary is to be made easy.

Expert knowledge of the reporter about the beat must be evident from the coverage of the event.

Education

While covering education related news items a reporter must keep following points in his mind.

Govt.'s policy on education

Change in syllabus

Exams of different classes

Results

Interviews of toppers and policy makers

Research

Research may occur in the following fields.

Medicine

Disease

Agriculture

History

Science

Inventions

Improvements

Innovations

Space sciences

Reporter must keep himself/herself in touch with the names that are directly or indirectly involved in the

research work in the said fields and whenever there is any breakthrough, must pick up the news.

Religion

Reporter covering news items regarding religion needs to have the adequate knowledge about the following

aspects of this type:

1) Basic knowledge about own religion

2) Historical facts

3) Jurisprudence

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4) Minorities

5) Basic history of minorities' religion

6) Religious Heroes & Personalities

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