NEWS ANGLES

The angle of a news or feature story is the story's point or theme, most often expressed in the lede of the article. It's the lens through which the writer filters the information he or she has gathered and focuses it to make it meaningful to viewers or readers.

There may be several different angles to a single news event. For instance, if a new law is passed—whether national or local—angles might include the cost of implementing the law and where the money will come from; the agenda of the lawmakers who authored and pushed for the law; and the impacts of the law on the people most closely affected. The impacts of legislation can range from financial to environmental, short term and long term.