新聞報導的結構一般分為四個部分：(一)標題、(二)導語、(三)主體、(四)結語。標題是新聞的題目，是編輯對最有新聞價值內容的濃縮、概括、提煉和再創造。撰寫標題是為了擷取新聞要點、詮釋新聞意義、吸引讀者閱讀。在今天繁忙的現代社會中，報紙的讀者大多是標題瀏覽者。導語是訊息開頭的第一段或第一句話，它扼要地揭示出訊息的核心內容。主體是訊息的主要部分，它用充足的事實表現主題，是對導語內容的進一步開展和闡釋。新聞報導的結語一般是最後一句話或者一段話，通常對全文內容作概括性的總結，或對新聞事件的發展趨勢作出預測。有時，作者根據報導的事實在結語中提出令人深思的問題。
一般來說，標題、導語和主體是構成新聞報導的必不可少的三部分。可根據新聞報導的內容而確定是否要結語或其它內容(如事件和歷史背景等)，有時，還可將它們暗含在主體中。
在寫新聞報導時，首先要注意新聞的標題具有語言幽默風趣的特點，有較強的吸引力。同時，寫作依據的材料要充分，要用事實來說話，語言力求簡潔。最後，報導中要有亮點，能引人深思或能讓人產生強烈的興趣。
請閱讀下面一則關於劉翔獲得奧運金牌的體育報導,並試著找出這則新聞報導的標題、 導語和主體：
liu xiang：dark horse in the athens olympics
liu xiang , born on july 13, 1983 in shanghai, china, is a chinese hurdling athlete.
in 2002, liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first iaaf (國際業餘田徑聯合會) grand prix in lausanne with a world youth and asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles.
he has since made the finals at the iaaf world championships in athletics and iaaf world indoor championships in athletics. two of the three cases has seen american hurdling great allen johnson take the major prize, but in the last in may at osaka, liu managed to beat johnson with an asian-record time of 13.06 seconds.
still young, liu has improved steadily, and won a gold medal at the 2004 summer olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. in the final, he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by colin jackson of wales. this is the first time an athlete of non-african descent (後裔) has dipped under 13 seconds for the 110 meter hurdles.