Classification of News

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1. According to subject
   • Action Story - something visual and moving. It is based on an actual coverage or persecuted as if the writer is an eyewitness of an event.
   • Idea or verbal story - is culled from reports and documents. This type of story, which is abstract and static can also be called a substance story.
2. According to treatment
   • Straight news (Hard news) - news told in direct fashion. It depends on freshness of facts for reader interest. It proceeds from the most important to the least important.
   • Human interest (Soft news) - news that appeals to the emotion and attempts to gain a response from the reader.
   • Interpretative News - news that helps the reader understand the significance of the fact of the story. It may include: Why the incident occurred? Background of the event, personalities or persons involved and significance by side a significant news item.
3. According to time-relationship between the incident and coverage
   • Advance or curtain-raiser story - it is a report of an unexpected event. It aims to arouse interest in an event, such as a concert, a play or a campaign.
   • Coverage story - an article reporting an event which is taking place or has already taken place. A series of coverage stories make up a running story that includes:
     • Routine story - a story that is anticipated, such as a meeting and periodic test.
     • Sport story - a story that breaks out unexpectedly.
     • Follow-up story - a report of more recent developments of a story already published. It includes new information, new significance, causes, developments, etc.
4. In campus journalism, there are also types of news stories such as:
   • Classroom story - interpretative news on the academic front
   • Meeting story - includes purpose, time, place, name of organization, participants, background information on speakers, and kind of meeting.
   • Speech story - includes the speaker and his background, theme of the speech, occasion, time and place, quotations, description of the audience, including unusual reaction.
   • Calendar story - stories of predictable event or occurrence that are schedule in advance.

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