story vs news report

story and news report both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
story	Yes	No	No	No
news report	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, story and news report are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of story include account, report, write up.

story (noun)	news report (noun)
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale	a short account of the news
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
a short account of the news
a trivial lie
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
a record or narrative description of past events