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Journalism & Media vocabulary · Reporting and News Writing

News story

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCore term

In journalism & media, news story means: A single piece of reporting about a recent event or issue, published in print or online or broadcast on radio or television.

In Turkish: haber, haber metni

How it is used

In newsrooms people usually just say story. Reporters pitch, chase, write and file stories; editors run, hold or spike them. A story can be big, developing, exclusive or front-page.

Example sentences

  1. Our news story about the hospital waiting lists was the most-read article of the week.

  2. Can you file the news story by six? We want it on the website before the evening bulletin.

Common collocations

  • break a story
  • file a story
  • run a story
  • cover a story
  • developing story
  • headlineThe title printed above a news story in large letters, or written at the top of an online article, that tells readers quickly what the story is about.
  • leadThe opening sentence or paragraph of a news story, which gives the most important facts and makes the reader want to continue.
  • breaking newsNews about an important event that is happening right now or has only just happened, reported as soon as it is known and updated as more details come in.
  • follow-upA new story that reports later developments of an event already covered, such as the results of an investigation or how people's lives changed.

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