There are several genres to jounalism today. News, editorial, lifestyles and sports are some of the most popular.
As with movie genres, each has its distinct characteristics, a typical iconography. The lifestyles section includes feature stories, profile pieces, and movie reviews. This where you find the 'feel good' stories.
The news section includes breaking stories. Crime and politics are hot topics. These are front page articles. They are likely to have the greatest impact on readers.
The editorial page is where you find the witty columnists who usually have strong opinions on one side of the political spectrum or the other. Other op-ed writers simply provide their insight on life or the local community.
Lately, there has been a shift to a new type of journalism genre known as news analysis. News analysis typically involves a reporter writing a hard news story, but including his or her editorial sense.
In a recent article in the New York Times , author Adam Liptak, used news analysis in his coverage of a Senate hearing. Liptak does report the facts from the hearing, but he throws in subtle opinion in comments like the nominee for attorney general "seemed so pleased," and things were perfectly aligned.
News analysis has grown out of the use of political pundits by papers and news broadcasts. Pundits are experts that media organizations use to break down or analyze certain situations, particularly decisions made by the government.
O'Shaunessey and Stadler stated that sometimes genres change and evolve to keep up to date. The news genre of journalism is evolving to include reporter bias. I think this it's the media organizations' attempt to cater to a new audience's desire to have everything shown from their perspective.
News analysis reflects a media that is unwilling to simply provide the facts. It also feels that it must interpret those facts for the public, rather than letting us come to conclusions on our own.
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