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9 Types of Journalistic News and Their Characteristics, What Are They?

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Kapanlagi.com - News has become something essential that is widely consumed by society. Because, through news, people become aware of interesting events out there. News itself can be presented in the form of writing, images, audio, or video. In the past, news could only be obtained through newspapers. However, with the development of the times, news can be accessed through television, radio, and online media.

Basically, news is a report on the latest and important events conveyed quickly by the audience. In journalism itself, news is divided into several types of news. This division is based on the content of the news created, including from the perspective of the coverage process, composition, and presentation. What are they? Check out the complete review below.

1. Hard News

The first type of news is hard news or serious news. Hard news is the most up-to-date, high-quality, and valuable news. As the name suggests, this type of news is important and must be known immediately by the public. Hard news covers international events, social conditions, economy, and unexpected criminal incidents. Examples of hard news include fires, accidents, election results that must be immediately known to the public, economic shocks in the country, and so on.

2. Soft News

In contrast to hard news, soft news is light news. This news does not have to be immediately conveyed to the public. Soft news is usually supporting news for the main news or news that is not serious and tense. Examples of soft news include street vendors during holidays, pottery making, entertainment, and lifestyle.

3. Indepth News

Next, the type of news you need to know is indepth news. Indepth news itself is a deep news about an event. The characteristic of this type of news is to highlight how and why an event happened. Indepth news is often longer because it provides comprehensive information. It is not surprising that indepth news is presented for special reports. An example of indepth news is the cause of the relocation of street vendors, resulting in many difficulties in finding a comfortable place.

4. Investigation News

Investigation news is investigative coverage to uncover an event. Investigation must have data that cannot be obtained on the surface alone, but must also be based on investigation. The content of this news is factual information that exposes criminal cases or misconduct that causes harm to public interests. An example of investigation news is Exposing the crime of rat meatballs.

5. Opinion News or Opinion Articles

Opinion News or opinion articles are a type of news that contains a report from someone's perspective on a certain issue, creative idea, thought, or can also be a comment on something considered important.

Usually, opinion news is taken from sources who are public figures, such as experts, intellectuals, professors, or officials, especially those related to a problem or event being discussed. An example of opinion news is news about a political observer's opinion on elections in Indonesia.

6. Explanatory News

Explanatory news or disclosure news is a type of news that you often see on television. Generally, this type of news explains in detail by breaking down an event based on complete and detailed data. An example of explanatory news is data on corruption in social assistance funds.

7. Interpretative News

Interpretative news is direct news equipped with additional information from competent reporters and sources. It can be said that interpretative news is a combination of facts and opinions from reporters and sources.

To create interpretative news, it requires knowledge, skills, and a broad insight, as well as sharp analytical skills from journalists. An example of this type of news is about the impact of terrorist bombings on the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia.

8. Comprehensive News

Comprehensive news is news that contains reports on the facts of an event that is reviewed comprehensively. Unlike direct news, which usually consists of daily facts and does not consider the connection of the news with other news, comprehensive news reviews facts from various aspects. Comprehensive news tries to combine various facts into a story structure of events with a clear thread.

9. Feature

Feature is one type of journalistic writing that combines news and opinions, contains human interest, and has a literary writing style. In a Feature story, the writer seeks facts that will interest readers. Examples of feature writing are inspiring stories, stories of traders surviving during the pandemic.

Those are the types of news along with examples that you need to know. Hopefully, it will be useful and increase your knowledge.

(kpl/dtm)

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
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