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A daily newspaper brings you the written word about news happenings all over
the world. Wherever a big event is taking place, a news reporter is very likely

there, reporting details of the story. A newspaper’s job is to get that news to its
readers as accurately and as quickly as possible.
Newspapers are printed to give fast information to its readers. Just a glance at

the front page can give a newspaper reader a quick indication of the important
events occurring around the world. Each story is written in such a fashion that the
reader can get the essential facts quickly. The first paragraph of the story usually

contains most of the key facts. Newspaper writers call these facts the five w’s: the
who, what, where, when, and why of a story.
There is much more in a newspaper besides straight news reports. Editorials

have the newspaper editor’s or owner’s opinions about different subjects. Columns
are articles written regularly about special topics such as politics or gardening

by writers who are familiar with these topics. Feature stories entertain or inform
readers with information that may not be current news. A common type of feature
story is the travel article, which tells readers about faraway places. Cartoons and

comic strips provide entertainment.
Newspapers are often divided into sections according to subject matter. For

example, banking and stock market news are often found in the financial section of
a newspaper. Other sections may be devoted to entertainment, real estate, food,
sports, and travel news.

The price you pay for a newspaper usually covers only a fraction of the cost of
its production. Newspapers make most of their money from advertisements. The
two main kinds of advertisements are called display advertisements and classified

advertisements. Display ads usually take up several columns of space and contain
pictures as well as facts. Businesses use display ads to promote their products.
Classified ads are lists of items, set in small type. They are set under headings,

such as “Help Wanted” or “For Sale,” in a particular section of the paper.

Main Idea
What is the main idea of this story?

a. importance of reading daily newspaper

b. enormous profit gain of daily newspaper companies
c. purpose of printing daily newspapers and how they are composed

d. advertisements in newspapers

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