Types of News

There are two types of news on the basis of their nature
Hard News: Event oriented. Centered on “What, when, where and why.” The major thrust of the newspaper is hard news. Hard news covers news on serious crime e.g terrorist attacks Politics Disasters eg: an earthquake Foreign affairs

Soft News: Soft news is news about entertainment, human interest stories, and less serious crime. More on analysis, reasons, background, and interpretation. A mere account of events does not satisfy the readers. They would like to enter beneath the upper crust of hard news..

There are various categories of news which includes :-

• international news 
• national news
• regional news
• local news
• crime news
• bilingual news 
• political news 
• cultural news
• lifestyle news
• fashion news 
• gadget news
• sports news