my teacher wants me to write a paper as if i was a news reporter. what is news format?

Question

its about the reformation in the 1500's.

Answer 1

Who?
Where?
What?
Why?
How?

Answer all these questions and you will have it. All news paper reporters learn this the first thing.

Answer 2

News format can be thought of in this way. If a person could only read the first sentence of your article, then your first sentence must contain the most important information of your article. This must an extremely detailed main idea of the article. Then, for the rest of the article, write the most important information first and as you keep writing paragraphs, the least important information goes at the bottom.