Newspapers can be divided into three types. National, regional and local. By examining closer the structure of the local newspaper, they focus on smaller areas and are funded through advertising and distributed free to all homes and business in the area.
They wield a lot of power locally and can change things in the community. Many nationals use local papers as a network of news agencies and a lot of the news that appears in them may have started with a local angle.
What is it that makes a good news story? The most important thing is that you must have good sources that can corroborate any facts that you use.
A reporter of a local newspaper will first do the calls to the emergency services for crimes that can be reported.
Another source is to use reporters from your own paper, if they have written a story that supports your own. Freelancers may even be used.
News agencies as Reuters, AP, AFP and PA are traditionally the major sources of news for national media; they can occasionally be used for local stories if there is a link.
Another important source for local papers is local government and press releases about local events.
The local press plays a vital service by making what happens in the local government, courts and the area public and answerable to the community.
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