News is information about events that is important to a community. It is usually delivered through newspaper, radio or television and can be about current issues, sports, politics, entertainment or business. It should be accurate and provide readers with a wide range of perspectives. It may also be helpful to include a link or an excerpt from another source on the topic, especially one that offers a different point of view.

The classic news story starts with a lead paragraph that is designed to grab attention. This is often done through dramatic anecdotes or a striking fact or statistic. It also needs to contain the answers to the five Ws; who, what, when, where and why. The nut graph is then written to explain the key points of the article and put them into context. This can be as simple as a one or two sentence summary, or it can be more detailed and complex.

People are interested in the lives of prominent people, so news about celebrities and their personal or professional affairs is often newsworthy. This is particularly true if they are involved in scandal or have fallen from grace. People are also interested in health, so stories about hospitals and clinics, diseases and traditional remedies are newsworthy. Finally, all societies are interested in sex, so news stories about sexual activities are newsworthy.

It is important to remember that no news story is truly unbiased. Everyone has biases, either conscious or unconscious, and these influence what they find interesting and what they don’t. It is best to look for multiple sources of news, including at least one that offers a biased perspective, and then to thoughtfully consider how each source frames the issue.