J Station

People sell and look for items, services, announce new shop openings, private tuitions.
All these activities make to a story idea or news.
They all appear on the classifieds section of newspapers which are generally looked at by people who want to make use of the services announced / advertised through classifieds.

But how they become story ideas is an interesting story by itself.

Here is one example:

There was an occasion when there was an announcement of inauguration of a new play school. The address was familiar. When we looked for a news, we came to know that the working women’s hostel in the place was closed down!

Reason – the woman who was running the hostel for a 10 years has died. The lady was a widow and alone. But was hosting a dozen women in a secured atmosphere. That was worth a news and an obituary too!

And about writing an obit – wait for a few more posts!