A news flash is a short piece that encapsulates current events. It can be written about local, national or international topics and is a great way to keep the public informed. News flashes can be broadcast on radio or television and are often accompanied by an interview with the subject matter expert.
The headline of a news flash is your first chance to grab readers’ attention and pull them into the piece. It should be powerful and enticing so that they don’t turn the page or click away. This is also the perfect opportunity to use a narrative hook or anecdote as a scene-setter. The lead paragraph should then flesh out the story by providing context and follow the inverted pyramid style of presenting the most important details of the piece first. This is where you can use a nut graph to add more depth and explain why the news is important.
Flowchai is the revolutionary tool that takes all the grunt work out of news summarization, enabling journalists, news analysts, and even students in journalism schools to produce high-quality news summaries in just seconds. Download the free Flowchai Chrome extension, locate a news article to summarize and click the ‘News Summary’ prompt. Using the sophisticated algorithms of ChatGPT, the Flowchai app will automatically take the hardest part out of news analysis and create a succinct summary in just moments. Once you’re happy with the result, simply fine-tune and publish.
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