There is nothing different to articles. The news text belongs to the author and can't be copied without permission, BUT the news itself (e.g. the fact that xyz happened) of course isn't copyrighted. The news title can probably be quoted freely, but don't quote me on that since I'm not a lawyer.
News in and of itself isn't copyrighted so you can rewrite the information in your own manner and report it. If you are using quotes from a person being interviewed it becomes a more grey area. You can always try and be nice about it and also mention who originally reported the story...for example, "CNN reports that a large piece of the moon has broken off and is headed directly towards Earth."
Quoting the source is merely a matter of manners, not of necessity, especially when I write the news text completely by myself. And quoting what a certain person has said should also be alright as long as you also state who said it, nothing "grey" about that.
Really? If a reporter interviews a person and gets exclusive quotes from them, then that is unique material gathered by that news outlet and it may be considered original content owned by them. You can't reword quotations, it either is or it isn't verbatim what the person said. I have seen news publications refer to other sources and then use quotes that originated in the original story. It's not just a means of respect but if actual quotations are being used, and they were used in an exclusive interview with the subject where no other journalists were around, for all intents and purposes that material is copyright to the original publication. Television news shows have to ask for permission from other news networks before they can show a clip on their broadcast, even if it's for news purposes. The publication of unique content is still protected by copyright laws.
I am not talking about showing video footage, I am talking about simply saying what someone else has said. If you disagree with my point of view I'd like to see some evidence that what I said is in fact in breach of copyright laws.
I have a background in the newspaper industry and I can tell you that people in the media constantly rewrite what other people write. No attribution is given and none sought unless a story is categorically exclusive to a specific media outlet. That is why you see references to Time Magazine or CNN and so forth. That is professional courtesy more than anything else. But that does not always happen. A CBC producer did a story which led to the arrest of a former policeman in the southern United States for a double murder that took place many decades ago. Competing TV networks in Canada refused to mention that the producer worked with CBC. No lawsuits and no claims of copyright infringment will or would follow. However, media does not play as nice with non-media outlets and you need to be very diligent in how you approach the material you are rewriting and you should work from more than one source for a more complete and unqiue revision of the article. Use of quotes in stories is tricky. If it was clearly said at a press conference . . . then you should be able to get with using some. If it was not, then you will need to be careful and may want to paraphrase rather than quote. Finally, you need to know that what you are dealing is news and not something that sounds like news. Analytical pieces may be written to sound like news, when in fact it is not. Rewriting that can be dangerous.