To put speaker's own words into the reporter's words without changing the meaning or inserting opinion.

A quotation that uses just a few words from a speaker's statement. 

The citing of the precise source of information.

The news that involves timely, significant events, such as an election, a speech by a public official, or a report on a budget meeting; also called straight news.

The stories that are considered not of immediate importance or of significance to a wide audience, such as personality feature stories or "news you can use" columns.

A feature story related to a breaking or developing news story.

A thorough, in-depth feature story about one person.

A story that focuses more on entertaining than on informing; soft news. 

A term applied to material acceptable for publication at any time, with timeliness not a factor. 

A sentence or paragraph connecting a news feature story to a specific item of news.