Journalism is an important feature that distinguishes news commentary from general argumentative or theoretical articles. Journalism is the most basic feature of reportage, and its core is scientific truth and accuracy, rather than pursuing the artistic truth of the author's psychological expression like literary works.

The function of reportage to reflect and promote reality is based on reality. The purpose of readers' reading is to expand their understanding. The intimacy, participation and impact of real events and characters on readers are unmatched by paying attention to fictional works.

This is the reason why reportage often produces sensational effect and its social function is relatively direct. News also pays attention to timeliness, that is, to meet the psychological needs of readers.

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The structure of news

Structurally, each piece of news generally includes five parts: title, introduction, theme, background and conclusion. The first three are the main parts, and the last two are the auxiliary parts. Titles generally include reference titles, main titles and sub-titles; Introduction is the first paragraph or sentence at the beginning of news, which briefly reveals the core content of news.

The subject is the backbone of the news, expressing the theme with sufficient facts, and further expanding and explaining the content of the lead; Background refers to the social and natural environment in which news takes place. Background and conclusion can sometimes be implied in the text. When reading news, we should pay attention to its six elements (that is, the six narrative elements): people, time, place, the cause, process and result of events.