Hi,
All you need is some knowledge of php and mysql to start doing that. You will need to know how to create a table, insert data and read data from a mysql table.
You would only need two tables. One for the actual news article and the other for the comments made on the article.
Goto www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
This will show you how to read and write data to the db, If you need any help along the line just reply back to this,
Elfyn
