This is great content from EzineArticles and advice I found very helpful:
Steps to a Great Current Events Article:
- The first step is to pay attention to the news - and not just the top of the hour headlines. Keep your ears tuned in and listen for news about recent studies or findings that you can use in your articles.
- After you’ve found your news event, find a relevant aspect in your niche to connect your reader with.
- Open your article with a one paragraph overview of the news event a
its connection to your niche. If your reader wants to know more about
the news event in question, they can go to CNN. You need to draw them
in and show them (don’t just tell them) how this event affects them.
- In the next paragraph(s) describe in the related problem in depth and concentrate less on the news event. The news event, title and first paragraph were your hooks, the body paragraphs should be the meat.
- Finally, give them a paragraph or two on the actions they can follow to overcome the problem you’ve outlined. Again, concentrate on the problem and solution here, not on the event.
- Conclude with facts from the event and a “reminder” as to how they intertwine with your niche. Putting a twist on a news event will leave your reader satisfied that they learned something new, particularly if it’s an event that has been covered a lot.
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