: Re: Types of articles in journalism I would like to know which are the main article categories a journalist is expected to know how to write. Some classic and actual article types are similar.

I would say the classic story you should be able to write is the news story. Reporting accurately with facts and attribution about an event that is newsworthy (proximity, prominence, impact, human interest, currency, conflict, unexpected) This type of reporting on the most basic level is just lede --> quote --> transition --> quote --> transition ... walkoff quote. And the facts of the story are added in order of importance and urgency (inverted pyramid).

That's the most important.

But you also want to be able to write opinion which is less rigid but still follows AP style.

As for specific topics my suggestion would be to go onto a newspaper's website and look for trending topics. In the section of the paper you are interested in looking for.

Basically, there are different styles of writing for some of the sections in the paper (news is different from opinion etc). Then, when an editor is assigning a story they choose the section based on what is appropriate. I would learn how to write for the sections you want to (reviews, opinion, news, profiles) and then you can write about most of the topics you wish to.
I hope this helps!

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