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Newspaper Vs Magazine

Newspaper articles are factual, objective, and focused on recently occurring events, recounting facts in a straightforward manner without opinion or creative writing. Magazine articles can include subjective views and opinions while discussing topics that may have occurred in the past but still relate to current issues. Newspaper articles are short and concise while magazine articles are longer and more in-depth, allowing for more background information, discussion of various perspectives, and potential predictions. Both require a heading and byline but magazine articles have a more discursive introduction and conclusion while newspaper articles strictly follow the inverted pyramid structure.

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Newspaper Vs Magazine

Newspaper articles are factual, objective, and focused on recently occurring events, recounting facts in a straightforward manner without opinion or creative writing. Magazine articles can include subjective views and opinions while discussing topics that may have occurred in the past but still relate to current issues. Newspaper articles are short and concise while magazine articles are longer and more in-depth, allowing for more background information, discussion of various perspectives, and potential predictions. Both require a heading and byline but magazine articles have a more discursive introduction and conclusion while newspaper articles strictly follow the inverted pyramid structure.

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Newspaper and Magazine writing

Newspaper Article/ Newspaper Report Magazine Article/Feature Article

1. Purely FACTUAL and OBJECTIVE, it shows NO OPINION or 1. It is FACTUAL but it can be SUBJECTIVE and have an OPINION
emotion. and EMOTION.
2. This is TIME-BASED – it has to relate to an event that has just 2. This is not bound by time and can be about an event that
happened, newspapers come out weekly so it needs to have happened years ago, but it must somehow relate to today’s
happened recently. world.
3. The view it takes is simply re-telling of FACTS, very 3. The view it takes is an unusual one, more in-depth and with
straightforward with NO CREATIVE WRITING, it is not more detail and questioning. It can be creative/discursive.
DISCURSIVE it just gives facts. 4. It is much LONGER and more FLUENT.
4. It is very SHORT and CONCISE.
STRUCTURE and STYLE
STRUCTURE and STYLE
You must have a heading and a by-line
You must have a heading and a by-line
1. INTRODUCTION: This can be more creative and introduce
1. INTRODUCTION: The introduction MUST include the 5Ws and the topic or issue and give a brief opinion about it.
H: What, when, why, where, who and how. 2. BODY: This section gives the reader some background
information on the topic, has a discussion of the pros and
2. BODY: This section gives the main facts, gives expert opinion cons., gives the opinion of others (experts) and predicts
(i.e. witness or police officer). Comes in the form of an what may happen in the future.
inverted pyramid – most important information at the top 3. CONCLUSION: The Conclusion must make the reader think
with least important at the bottom. about their own opinion on the issue; it can end with a
3. CONCLUSION: This can summarise what happened, it DOES quote or humorous line.
NOT give new information on the topic, it is usually the least 4. STYLE: The writing here must be FORMAL because it is an
important paragraph. If the reader didn’t read it, they would exam, but it can be more INFORMAL than a newspaper
still know what happened. article. It can be CONVERSATIONAL and engage the reader;
4. STYLE: The writing is very FORMAL, there are NO it can USE CONTRACTIONS and a few commonly known
CONTRACTIONS and NO SLANG is used. Grammar and slang words. Paragraphs should not be too long to
punctuation are formal. encourage people to continue reading. More descriptive
writing.

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