New York Times
by
Anthony Shadid, Lynsey Addario, Stephen Farrell, Tyler Hicks
|
Mar. 23, 2011
(News Report)
“Shoot them,” a tall soldier said calmly in Arabic.
A colleague next to him shook his head. “You can’t,” he insisted. “They’re Americans.”
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Wasn't quite sure how to classify this story. For those of you w/ journalism experience, does a first-person account like this fall under the same category of "news" as a more traditional, dispassionate newspaper article would, or is there a more specific way to describe it? Related side-note: for posting & editing purposes, what is the difference between "news" and "news report"?