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Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University Unit 8: News and Magazine Articles

Unit 8: News and Magazine Articles Notes

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction
8.1 Articles on Politics
8.2 Articles on Sports
8.3 Articles on Health and Lifestyle

8.4 Miscellaneous Articles

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
z Identify the main parts of an article

z Know how news and magazine articles are written
z Assess the tone of current news articles
z Analyse the tone of articles on general/specifi c topics

Introduction

Articles are written works published in a print or electronic medium. They are usually used for
the purpose of circulating a news, research results, academic analysis or debate.
News articles discuss current or recent news of either general interest (articles printed in daily

newspapers) or of a definite topic (those published in political or trade news magazines, club
newsletters, or technology news websites).
An article can include accounts of eye witnesses to the happening event or people having expertise
on the topic of the article. To make an article more interesting and appealing, photographs,
accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. are added
to it.

The main parts of any article are headlines, byline, lead, body and conclusion. Headlines can be
used to focus the reader’s attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. Bylines include

name and position of the writer of the article. Lead, often the first paragraph, is used to generate
interest of the reader. In a news article, it answers questions like when, how, why, what, where,
etc. Body includes the details about the topic. And the article can be concluded with a statement,
or a quote, or a descriptive scene.
Reading articles not only updates you on recent happenings and enhances your knowledge but
also improves your reading skills and helps in building your vocabulary.

8.1 Articles on Politics

1. Mamata ends 34-year Left rule in Bengal, Jaya trumps DMK in TN

(Press Trust of India/Kolkata/Chennai May 13, 2011)

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