What happened?
Where did it happen?
When did it happen?
Why did it happen?
The 5 W's are the essential parts of information that readers, viewers and listeners expect to find within a news story. Journalists and news editors tend to include this information towards the beginning of the story, this allows the audience to determine whether they will keep reading/watching/listening, but also means that if a story has to be cut this can happen without losing the most vital information.
This therefore means that when i create my own news stories I should include the 5W's in my stories and within the first 2 paragraphs.
Below I have annotated the 5W's on a news story about Zimbabwean leader resigning after 37 years.
News story showing the 5W's
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