Most reporters only provide information and the basic facts of a story, and rarely write the whole story themselves. This is usually done by news editors. They write stories as a team on computers that are connected together. The finished story goes to a copy editor or reader, who corrects spelling and makes the story easier to read. If it is too long he makes it shorter and also finds a headline.

Stories would be boring without photos . Newspapers get pictures from news services and sometimes have their own photographers who work for them. Graphic artists design charts or illustrations for certain stories.

Columnists write stories that offer readers opinions about the news and important events. These editorials often try to influence the opinion of the reader.



Newspaper photographer
Image:  Mattias Lundbäck via Pixabay


Words

  • artist = a person who makes drawings
  • basic = main, most important
  • boring = not interesting
  • chart = information in picture or diagram form
  • design = here: draw
  • editorial = an article that shows the opinion of the boss of a newspaper
  • illustration = a picture that often helps you understand something
  • influence = change
  • news service = organization that collects information and passes it on to newspapers, radio stations, TV etc..
  • opinion = what someone thinks about a topic
  • provide = give, collect
  • rarely = not often