A report should have:
1. A headline
2. Name of the reporter e.g. ‘By a Staff Reporter’, etc.
3. Place, date, source (the source may also be given at the end of the report).
ï The beginning is usually an expansion of the headline. The middle paragraph gives the details. It is followed by the conclusion or the summing up.
ï The report should be brief, but the headline and the style should be eye-catching.
ï Sometimes important points are given in a box in the centre of the report.
ï Regarding the language of the reports:
1. passives for past action (for example: It is found …, … has been unearthed.)
2. present tense for statements (The document contains…, The manuscript describes…)