Article (publishing)

An article or piece is a written work published in a print or electronic medium for the propagation of information, such as news, research results, academic analysis or debate. Articles are published on paper and digitally.

An article or piece is a written work published in a print or electronic medium for the propagation of information, such as news, research results, academic analysis or debate. Articles are published on paper and digitally. ==News== for August 19, 1918]] A news article discusses current or recent news of either general interest (i.e. daily newspapers) or of a specific topic (i.e. political or trade news magazines, club newsletters or technology news websites). A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how. Quoted references can also be helpful. References to people can also be made through the written accounts of interviews and debates confirming the factuality of the writer's information and the reliability of his source. The writer can use redirection to ensure that the reader keeps reading the article and to draw her attention to other articles. For example, phrases like "Continued on page 3" redirect the reader to a page where the article is continued. While a good conclusion is an important ingredient for newspaper articles, the immediacy of a deadline environment means that copy editing occasionally takes the form of deleting everything past an arbitrary point in the story corresponding to the dictates of available space on a page. Therefore, newspaper reporters are trained to write in inverted pyramid style, with all the most important information in the first paragraph or two. If the less vital details are pushed toward the end of the story, then the potentially destructive impact of draconian copy editing will be minimized. Types of news articles include: Breaking news, a quick, tentative update about an event that is happening right now News reports, e.g., a local news report about plans for a new school, or a world news report about a natural disaster Feature article, longer, more creatively written articles that include both human-interest stories and news articles Investigative reports and enterprise news reports, based on the journalist's decision to investigate a subject that has not been publicized Lead-alls, a central article that provides an overview of major news events and connects to related articles on narrower subjects; Columns, a recurring item Opinion pieces, including editorials (written by the editors of the publication) and op-eds (written by people outside the news organization) ==Scholarly== ==See also== Academic publishing Article directory Electronic article Electronic journal Eprint Preprint Postprint Scholarly article Scientific article ==References==

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