I have had a site in google news for 12 months now - the requirements are different to when I got another site in many years ago. There is no guarantee with google, but the way to do it is to abide by all of their rules, which I did - I have a plan to do another of my sites soon, but the main problem is keeping up the high quality content regularly. I had no problem doing quality work, but the volume is hard to keep up until you start making money, but you are paying for writers.
Here is what you'll get if you choose me:
Consultation and Site Setup
1. A phone call or Skype or emails about what you want and where it is to be hosted and the country the news is for - this is important - if you get this wrong, it can ruin the whole project.
2. Advice on the best theme and plugins to use.
3. Setup on the the server and choosing all the right theme and plugin setting
4. building all needed pages, setting categories and site structure and site graphics.
5. making the site fast
That is all the setup - getting any one of these things wrong will hurt the project.
Content:
I am an editor/writer/rewriter, but I can't rewrite 15 quality stories per day. This needs a team of writers and an editor. Some people may tell you they can rewrite stories, but I have seen dozens of those people rejected from google news and it happens every day - go see for yourself in the Google News forum. 7 stories per day is doable, but some niches don't have 7 to tell.
Content cost = $1500 for one month