Hard News vs Soft News vs Feature News 

Many people always have the assumption that news is just a news. Well, news is news but news can be group into three types which are the hard news, soft news, and feature news. So, what is the differences between these three types of news?

Hard News

Hard news is an event that need to be covered immediately by a reporter. The deadline to cover the hard news is very tight compare to soft news and feature news. It need to be publish on the following day on the newspaper after the news is been covered. It is a news that gives huge impact to all the society which mean that the news that are concerned by all individuals. It usually takes up about 50% of the spaces of a newspaper page if the hard news is a banner of the newspaper of that particular day. Sometime the length of the news can be short. Hard news are supported by facts and statistics if there is needed to prove or strengthen the important of the news to the society. The story form that is used by the hard news is Inverted Pyramid.

For example:

Title: EC: Highest figure so far Record number of new voters to impact upcoming elections

Soft news

Soft news is an event that do not have to covered as immediately as hard news by the reporter but it need to be covered by a reporter. The deadline to cover the soft news is not as tight as hard news which mean that is has a loose deadline. It can be publish after several days or weeks after the news is been covered. It is a news that only gives impact to minority of the society. The length of the news can be consider as short. Soft news can be supported by people' opinions as well as facts. The story form that usually used in soft news is Nut Graph. 

For example:
Title: 'Don't dump your baby' There are couples waiting to love and care, NGO tells young mums

Feature News

Feature news are usually written in soft news event. It has the loose deadline compare to hard news and soft news. Reporters are free to take their time in completing their features news. Features news can be classified in personal profile, human interest stories, trend stories, in-depth stories, and backgrounder. It can be publish after several month which it depend on the deadline that editor had gave to the reporter. It is a news that only gives impact to the individual who is interested in the particular stories. Feature news can takes up about two pages of the newspaper at the feature section of the newspaper. The length of the news is the longest among the hard news and soft news. It is supported by people' opinion and personal experiences on particular event. Usually there will be no byline in feature news. Feature news usually uses Five Boxes Story story form.

For example:

Title: Terengganu treasure Terrapuri is no ordinary conservation and restoration project. It celebrates the rich architectural and cultural heritage of Terengganu.