Talented 25 year old African.
Poet,artist and musician,would love to try something new
while given the talent to manipulate almost every field of work
on the universe.
Well in short i may say:
In a hard-hitting news story, there is no room for opinion, advice, humor or commentary. Most importantly, you should dispense with flowery writing and twinkling prose. It is not a literary masterpiece that is going to impress your readers. It is the information you give them.
While journalists in different organizations around the world may tweak the formula here and there, news writing, by and large, involves for elements.