Writing is a lifetime skill. You never stop learning. But it has many things in common with all those writing forms.
News writing is the reverse of formal English composition.
Instead of building up to the point, you put the main point in the lead, then talk about other stuff in decreasing order of importance. The communication model. News writing is a formalized way of writing used to tell news stories. It has its own style, tone, conventions and rhythms. Think of it as learning a new language.