News brief

How it is used

Use for a compact standalone item, commonly grouped with other short reports.

Example sentences

1. The library's new opening hours appeared in a news brief on page four.

   A routine announcement may need only essential facts and attribution.

2. Expand the news brief if the closure affects more schools than we first thought.

   The format can change when the importance or complexity becomes clearer.

Common collocations

• local news briefs
• publish a news brief
• news brief section

Related terms

• news storyA single piece of reporting about a recent event or issue, published in print or online or broadcast on radio or television.
• copyThe text of a news story or article that a journalist writes and sends to be edited and published.

More terms: Story Types and Opinion

• editorial
• feature
• column
• columnist
• op-ed
• investigative journalism
• tick-tock
• sidebar
• service journalism
• solutions journalism
• horse-race journalism
• obituary