News gathering is the initial stage of writing a news story. It is a process of finding news sources and facts and researching news items with a view to come up with a news angle or viewpoint. The essence of news gathering is the collection of useful facts. Every news story should have a focus. Focus gives meaning to the story. News is neither planted nor cultivated. News is found among the general public, organization, history; science etc. Different types of news stories have different newsgathering process. For example, hard news items like public events and elections need to be researched quickly; whereas soft feature stories should take more time and go deep into the facts.






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