News is information about current events that can be conveyed in a variety of communication media. It has been a part of human culture since ancient times, and has evolved as the world changes around us. Historically, it has been conveyed by word of mouth, then through printing and postal systems, broadcasting, and now through online communication. New technology has increased the speed of news delivery and its impact on society.
The most common types of national news are politics and major disasters, whereas local news tends to focus on community events and crime reports. International news is a separate subfield of journalism that focuses on global subjects, and includes war reporting.
Unlike traditional print newspapers, online news sources are able to deliver the latest stories almost instantly. These news sites use live communications satellite technology to deliver events into consumers’ homes as they occur, which is a great improvement over the traditional process of sending out a newspaper after an event takes place and then waiting for it to be delivered to readers.
Online news sources have different approaches to determining what is important and how they will cover it. One approach is called the Civic Journalism model, which aims to discover what issues are important to the audience and then cover those in a way that influences them. Other news outlets may choose stories based on the models of news making, which look at how certain things have an impact on readers, such as violence and scandal, or how familiar or relevant they are to the reader.