The 5 W's are the best way to define news stories. These are used by journalists as a formula for getting the 'full story'. The 5 W's include Who, What, Where, When and Why. This also includes 'How'. The 5 W's are likely to be used in the opening paragraph of a news story, as a way to simplify the information in the story, for example, Who the story is about, What happened in this story, Where did it take place, When did it take place, Why did it happen, and How did it happen!
When using this information, and the information I obtain from researching the 5 W's in various news stories, I will make sure that I include the 5 W's in all of my news stories, and that they will appear at the beginning of the news story.
I have looked at a news story on the BBC News website which I picked at random to see if it contained the 5 Ws. If you click on the link below, you can read the story in full.
London Duck Tours suspends River Thames trips after fire
Who - An amphibious tourist boat company
What - One of the companies vessels caught fire
Where - On the River Thames
When - Sunday afternoon (yesterday)
Why - The cause is yet to be established
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