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answers the 5 Ws (Who? What? Where? When? and Why?) and H (How?). It tells the
reader what the article is about and what is being reported.

• The body is the main section of the article. It contains all the details of the news story. It
should be around three to four paragraphs long to help the reader digest the information.

• The tail is the last paragraph of the article. It sums up the story and brings it up to date.

The Lead: The most important info

Who, what, where, when

The Body: The crucial info

Interviews with witness
Answers why/how

The Tail: Extra info

General and background
information,
nice to know,
but not

needed.

Here is a sample of a news report.

Factory fire forces evacuation of hundreds of homes

by Prakriti Verma

Delhi, 7 August 2024:

A major fire at a factory in Karol Bagh (Delhi) has forced the evacuation of more
than 50 shops in the market. Shopkeepers reported the blaze at the Central
Packaging Centre in Karol Bagh, which houses several businesses, at about 11:15 IST.
Police have evacuated people from the market area and the homes in four nearby
streets. The factory is next to a petrol pump; hence the situation became very grave.

Witnesses reported seeing a plume of smoke above the building, and soon the whole

building was engulfed in flames. A huge amount of packaging material has been
reduced to ashes. The Karol Bagh Police said they did not believe anyone had been
injured. Mr Mahesh Chaube, the Station House Officer, said it was a ‘rapidly developing
fire’ which was still being tackled but was now under control.

As a reporter, report the archeological findings of Ranjan Roy to be
published in a daily newspaper of your city.

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