Grade-7 NEWSPAPER REPORT WRITING
Example 1: Write A Newspaper Report On A Bus-Car Collision in which four people
got injured. Write details of how it happened, injuries, witness/ investigations.
Four Killed as Car Rams into Bus
Shweta Vashist, Staff Reporter
15th February, 2025 ,Saturday
Panchkula: Four people were killed and at least two seriously injured, when a Maruti 800
car rammed into a private bus at Sector 15 roundabout 2 pm here. According to preliminary
reports and eyewitness accounts, the driver of the car lost control on his speed and failed
to apply the brakes. The bus was waiting for passengers at the Sector 15 bus stand.
The injured have been rushed to the Government Hospital, Panchkula and further
investigations are going on.
What did you observe in this Report?
• The headline of this report is short and is not a complete sentence.
• The name of the reporter is followed by date, place and time of the
incident.
• The entire report is broken down into many paragraphs. In the first
paragraph, the entire incident is reported in a gist form. The subsequent
two paragraphs mention the other details related to the incident. The
final paragraph contains the inconsequential details.
• The whole report is factual.
• The entire report is in the third person and in the passive voice.
EXAMPLE 2: Write a newspaper report on a Bus Accident taking ideas from the following
hints:
HINTS: Shimla, April 4, Bus skidded, Chamba district, Koti village, 10 killed, villagers, 25 injured, third
incident, mini truck accident, a pickup van fell into the gorge.
Answer Ten Killed In Himachal Accident
Raj Verma, Senior Reporter
April 04, 2024, Friday
Shimla: Many people were killed and 25 injured when a private bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge
in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district Monday morning, police said. This is the third major road accident in
Chamba district in less than a month.
The accident took place in Koti Village, about 22 km from Chamba town where it was headed to.
Superintendent of police Madhusudhan addressed the media and said that the injured were admitted to the
zonal hospital, some 450 km from state capital Shimla. The dead were mainly men and belonged to nearby
villages. Last month, 32 members of a marriage party were killed when their mini-truck rolled into a 500-
metre deep gorge near Sherpur village, some 50 km from Chamba.
On the same day in another accident, a pick-up van carrying employees of a private company executing a
hydropower project fell into a gorge 65 km from Chamba, killing nine people on the spot. Local people are
requesting the government authorities to take precautionary actions like installing LED Sign boards.
Home-Work
Cultural Society of Sunshine Public School, Nellore organised an adult
literacy camp in its neighbourhood. Write a report in 120 – 150 words on
the camp for your school newsletter. You are P.V. Sunitha, Secretary.
Use the following clues:
No. of volunteers – hours spent in teaching – location of the class – chairs,
blackboards – no. of people attending the camp – benefit.
