The document provides guidelines for writing a news report. It states that the lead paragraph should answer the five Ws (who, what, when, where, why, how). Additional details and facts to answer reader questions should be included. Direct quotes can also be used. The language should be formal and in the past tense, and the passive voice is preferred. Ideas should be logically developed and reflect different opinions. Personal pronouns should be avoided.

4. The lead paragraph
usually
answers the five
‘W’s
WHO WHAT
WHEN WHERE
WHY HOW

6.  After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must
decide what other facts or details the reader might want to
know.
 The writer must make sure that he/she has enough
information to answer any important questions a reader might
have after reading the headline and the lead paragraph.
 This section can also include direct quotes from witnesses or
bystanders.

7. It has to have appropriate language.
Since the events being reported are in the recent past,
the past indefinite, past continuous and past perfect
tenses are used.
The language used is formal.
The passive voice is preferred.
There should be a logical development of ideas, i.e.
causes/reasons effects or consequences.
It should be comprehensive and reflect opinions of
people.
Personal pronouns are to be avoided.

8. Horrific accident kills family of four
By XYZ, Staff reporter, Khaleej Times
Dubai, 17 march 2008. A horrifying accident on the Dubai – Al Ain
highway killed an Indian family of four yesterday, 16 March 2008 at
9:30 am.
As narrated by family friends, the Kapoor family who were residents of
Dubai were heading to Al Ain to meet their relatives. An eye witness
reports that Mr. Kapoor who was driving the green – colored Ford lost
control of the vehicle and braked very hard, resulting in the car skidding
dangerously and going off the highway before ramming into a tree. The
police arrived within three minutes of the accident and it took the civil
defense team almost two hours to extricate Mr. Kapoor’s body from the
badly smashed car. The rest of the family succumbed on the way to the
hospital. Police inspector Ali Farid Almulla said, “Judging by the impact
of the crash, it seems that the driver was driving very rashly. That is why
he lost control.”