The difference and connection between news and government information

The difference between news and government information;

1, the service objects are different. The target of government information service is government leaders and government agencies at all levels, while news reports are extended to the whole society and even spread abroad.

2. The content reflected is different. The essence of government information is to reflect government work, and news reports can also reflect some anecdotes.

3. The requirements for writing are different. Government information should be concise, accurate, straightforward, straight to the point, clean and tidy, solemn and simple, unadorned, requiring accurate facts, pertinent analysis and reasonable suggestions; And news reports can use narrative, description, flashback, metaphor, allegory, metonymy, setting off, exaggeration, questioning, discussion, lyricism and other rhetorical devices, which can render the environment, set off the atmosphere, express feelings and make comments.

4. Different angles of reading and writing. For positive content, news mainly focuses on results, achievements, effects and favorable comments, while information mainly focuses on processes, practices, measures and promotion. For negative content, news mainly focuses on results, influences, exposed problems and critical warnings, while information mainly focuses on reasons, processes, solving problems and learning lessons.

5. Different structural types. In order to set off the atmosphere, prompt the content, supplement the facts and attract readers, the news has a theme, an eyebrow and a sub-theme; However, the topic of government information is relatively simple, it is a single sentence, paying attention to conciseness, breaking a word and highlighting the main content. News reports have introduction, background and conclusion; The structure of government information is simple and clear introduction plus main facts, and many of them go directly to the subject. To put it bluntly, without any introduction or ending, a paragraph becomes an article.