Difference between Hard News and Soft News

3. Hard News Vs Soft News
Presented By
Sabooj Ganguly

4. How I Explain “ N E W S”
•N – North
•E – East
•W – West
•S - South

5. What Is News?
• News is a report of a current event. It is
information about something that has just
happened or will happen soon.
News is a report about recent happenings in a
newspaper, television radio or internet.
News is something that is not known earlier.
From all these, we can safely define news as a
development that has happened in the past 24 hours
which was not known outside and which is of wide
interest to the people and that
which generates curiosity among listeners.

6. Importance of Journalism
• Journalism is an investigation and reporting of current world
affairs which include fashion trends, political or general issue
and events to a broad audience. Though there are various purposes
for it, the most important aspect is the freedom of expression.
The root of journalism comes from people’s right to have an
opinion.
• Today people depend on the press on being informed of what’s happening.
The media plays a vital role in a democratic society. Journalism is for
the ‘voice of a voiceless’- expressing opinions of all those in our
society. It’s like a bridge between the authorities and people.
Therefore its primary purpose is to make sure all citizens are aware of
their rights. Oscar Wilde once stated “By giving us the opinion of the
uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the
community”.

7. News
•Hard News
•Soft News

8. Hard News
•Event oriented. Centered on “What,
when, where and why.” The major thrust
of the news paper is hard news. Hard
news covers news on serious crime.
•e.g:Terrorist Attacks,Political
Disaster
•eg: An Earthquake,Foreign affairs

9. 1 Dead 24 Injured In Majerhat Bridge Collapse
• A section of a bridge in a busy area of posh south Kolkata came crashing down
this afternoon, triggering shock across the city. Many people are feared trapped
underneath, some still in their vehicles. One person was killed, 19 were injured
and they have been shifted to the hospital.
The army, which has its base in the nearby Fort William, has sent its
personnel for rescue work.

10. Type Of Hard News
•Informative News
•Crime
•Current and time-sensitive events.
•Political, economic, or social issues
with political,
•crime coverage, law and order issues.

11. Soft News
•Soft news is news about entertainment,
human interest stories, and less serious
crime. More on analysis, reasons,
background, and interpretation. A mere
account of events does not satisfy the
readers. They would like to enter beneath
the upper crust of hard news.

12. Is ‘SELFIE’(type of soft news) a Daisease?
• Selfitis is a condition described as the obsessive taking of selfies,
although it is currently not listed as a mental disorder in the DSM-5.
Obsessive taking of selfies and posting to social media has been found
to be linked to many symptoms common to mental Disorders.

13. Type Of Soft News
•Use your own experience & be on lookout
•Trending topics / rumours (but cross
check)
•Media content
•Follow up on stories already covered
•Check published info

14. Source Of Collecting
Photographs & Information
• Source of Photograph:
i) Pinterest Official Website
ii) Google Image
iii) Self Creation Using Adobe Photoshop and Light Room
• Source of Information:
i) Wikipedia Official Website
ii) World Web Lookup Official Website
iii) Easy Lesson of Journalism & Mass Communication Book
Written By Dr.Santanu Mukhopadhyay

15. Thank You