NewsArticle

About NewsArticle Schema

The NewsArticle schema type is used to mark up news and journalism content. Implementing this structured data helps search engines understand your content better and may qualify your pages for rich results in Google Search.

Properties

Best Practices

• ✅Validate your JSON-LD with Google’s Rich Results Test before publishing.
• ✅Populate author, dateModified to unlock enhanced snippets.
• ✅Keep structured data in sync with the visible content on the page.

Common Pitfalls

• ⚠️Avoid mixing multiple schema syntaxes for the same entity.
• ⚠️Do not include claims that the user cannot see or confirm on the page.
• ⚠️Remember to update dateModified whenever the content changes.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "NewsArticle",
  "headline": "Breaking: Major Tech Announcement Today",
  "image": "https://example.com/news-image.jpg",
  "datePublished": "2025-01-20T08:00:00Z",
  "dateModified": "2025-01-20T09:30:00Z",
  "author": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Jane Reporter"
  },
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Example News Network",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://example.com/logo.png"
    }
  },
  "articleSection": "Technology"
}