A speech news is a fact news story that focuses on what was said by a person in authority. Although it may not have a direct impact on their lives, what was said would still be interesting to the readers because the statement came from a public figure. A speech news story begins with a direct quotation that may be interesting to the readers. This is followed by a summary lead or a grammatical beginning lead which supplies the basic information. The succeeding paragraphs are supporting details through an alternate presentation of indirect and direct statements that logically support each other. The minor details such as background information are presented at the latter portion of the speech news story.
