Question

Knowledge of history is essential for newspaper articles.

Answer 1

1. Newspapers provide current news to its readers.
2. While reporting news in detail, sometimes, the reporters compare it with parallel events which happened in the past. These events are then printed in separate columns. 
3. The writer while writing these columns take help of historical documents or written history. 
4. In order to commemorate certain special occasions, newspapers publishes supplements or special issues to their regular edition. Therefore, knowledge of history is essential for newspaper articles.