This study aims to examine whether or not there is an effect of the projectbased learning model on the skills of writing news texts for class VIII MTsN 1 Jambi City in the 2022/2023 academic year. The population in this study were all students of class VIII MTs Negeri 1 Jambi City. After random sampling was carried out to determine the sample, Class VIII-D and VIII-G were selected as samples in this study, with 21 students in each class. Class VIII-D as the control class and VIII-G as the experimental class. This study uses quantitative research with a quasi-experimental research design (quasi-experiment). The instrument used by researchers to measure the success of the project-based learning model is a written test. The research data was obtained from the results of the pre-test and post-test given to the experimental class and control class. After obtaining the results of the students' pre-test and post-test, the researcher then analyzed the data using the SPSS version 25 program. From the results of data analysis it is known that in the post-test the experimental class obtained an average value of 82.81 which is in the good category. In contrast to the control class post-test which achieved an average value of 67.00 which is included in the less category. From this study also obtained the results of T count > T table 4.777 > 3.309 and sig. 0.000 <0.05, which means the hypothesis is accepted and proven true. The results of this study indicate that there is a change in the results of writing news texts for students after being given treatment using a project-based learning model in the experimental class. From that, the results of this study indicate that there is an influence of the project-based learning model on news text writing skills in class VIII MTs Negeri 1 Kota Jambi