Basic Journ 4 NewsA

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WHAT IS NEWS?

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NEWS

News is an oral or written report ofan event that happened, ishappening, will happen in theNorth, East, West, or South that isof interest to the reader and whichshould be reported.But what is interesting to one is

not always interesting to another.


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Elements of the News

Conflict

Immediacy or TimelinessProximity or NearnessProminenceSignificanceNames

Drama


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Elements of the News

Oddity and Unusualness

Romance and AdventureSexProgress

AnimalsNumber

Emotion


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BASIC RULE IN WRITING:

ACCURACY

BREVITYCLARITY


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NEWS WRITING EXERCISE

Identify the elements involved onthe following headlines. There maybe more than one answer.

Principal issues new school policyDog saves masters life by attackingrobbers


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Cure for AIDS discovered

Man becomes pregnantIcebergs appear in NorthernLuzon

Senator injured in a caraccident


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Two solons lambaste each other,then end in a fist fightWoman permitted to celebrateholy mass

Filipino wins Miss World title10 killed in shootoutBakla hinalay ng negrang tomboy


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Different forms of writing anincident

Situation: A fire brokeout and four personsmade their separateessays on whathappened.


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For a 10-year-old grade schoolpupil,

I saw a fire. It was a big red

fire. It burned a house. Therewere many people around.Some men put water on the

fire.


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For a romantic high schoolstudent,

Fearful scarlet tongues

arose to the star-studdedheaven and licked greedilyat the doomed edifice while

the stout-hearted firefightersrisked their all to quench theterrible conflagration.


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For a lady bystander,

You know, Mare, there was a

fire in our community. I thinkit cost the owner a great dealof money. The date was

August 8. August is theeighth month. So I bet in thelottery, 8-16-24-32-40- 48.


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For a campus paper writer,

A fire of undetermined origin razedto the ground a two-storeyapartment owned by lawyer HermanLagon of 80 Lopez Jaena St., JaroIloilo City, last night. Four trucks

from the Jaro Fire Station subduedthe fire within an hour. The damageestimated by the police at P500,000

was covered by insurance.


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The combination of simple,

dignified and vivid articlesproduces a copy simpleenough for Mr. AverageReader to understand. Wecall it news article.


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Narrative vs News

(Example: Dog hero story)

Narrative: Pyramid (fromless important to climax)

News: Inverted Pyramid(from climax to lessimportant)


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Sample News

Headline (ulo ng balita)

Dog dies saving blindmaster


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Sample News

Lead (pamatnubay) Mostimportant facts

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD dogsaved the life of his blind master,

Thursday night, but the caninesloyalty cost the trusty animal hislife.


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Sample News

Bridge Elaboration of leadIn serious condition today in

Doctors Hospital is Erland Escobanez,71, a street sweeper. Escobanez ofSSS Building, Rizal St., Iloilo City wasfound early this morning unconsciouson a sidewalk near the AglipayanChurch in the Iloilo Terminal Market.


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Sample News

Less important factsPolice theorized that

Escobanez was knockedunconscious when he fell, his head

hitting a stone. Potpot, his dog,apparently tried to shield its masterfrom the cold and the rain by

draping itself over the fallen man.


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Sample News

Less important factsWhen discovered this morning by

the Police Patrol, Escobanez was stillout cold. The dog lay near, dead.

Relatives of Escobanez who is stilla bachelor, told authorities that healways took nightly strolls at about 11

p.m. with his dog.


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Sample News

Minor facts According to doctors, only the

warmth from the dogs body savedEscobanez from certain death.Escobanez told police that he

remembers nothing of the incident. Awallet containing P500 was still in hispocket leading the authorities to ruleout robbery.


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Types of news stories

Scope or origin Local newsForeign newsDateline news


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Chronology or sequence

Advanced or anticipated(dope or prognostication)Spot news (reporter aneyewitness of the event)Coverage news (beat)

Follow-up news


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Treatment

Fact story (plain exposition)Action story (narrative ofactions)Speech or quote story(verse news)


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Content

Routine storyPolice reportsScience newsDevelopment communicationSports news


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Advanced news

InvestigativeInterpretative

Depthnews


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Parts of the news

Headline (capsulized lead)

Lead (most important facts)Bridge (connects lead andbody)Body (less important and leastimportant facts)


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Kinds of lead

Conventional or summary lead

Grammatical beginning leadNovelty lead


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This kind of lead used instraight news, answers rightaway all or any of the 5 Wsand/or the H (Who, What,

When, Where, Why, How) .It may be one of the following:


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WHO lead

PRESIDENT GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo addressed,April 20, the PMA graduatesin Baguio City.


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WHAT lead

AN ENTRANCE examinationwill be given Nov. 24 to allgraduating high schoolstudents desiring to enroll inthe four-year college course.


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WHERE lead

TRAPICHE, Oton, Iloilo will bethe site of the nextInternational Film Festival.


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WHEN lead

TODAY, almost to the hour,the RevolutionaryGovernment was proclaimed

by former President CorazonAquino.


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WHY lead

BECAUSE of poverty, arounda hundred students droppedfrom school last year. This

was learned from Ateneo deIloilo principal Aurora delaCruz.


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HOW lead

BY APPEALING to the schoolboard, the University of Iloilowas able to construct a 30-

storey, concrete building.


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Grammatical-beginning lead

Prepositional-phrase lead

WITH BROOMS and othercleaning equipment, boy scoutsfrom the Iloilo public high schools

cleaned the city markets inconsonance with the city mayorsClean and Beautiful Drive.


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Infinitive-phrase lead

TO ENCOURAGE tourism,balikbayans are given a warmwelcome by their fellow

Filipinos.


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Participial-phrase lead HOPING to cop first place, theAteneo woodpushers honed up forthe chess championship games.(present participle)DRESSED like priests, robberswere able to enter the bank. (pastparticiple)


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Gerundial-phrase lead

WINNING the developmentalcommunications trophy duringthe national press conference

was Ateneo de Iloilos bestachievement of the year.


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Clause lead

BECAUSE Sept. 9 wasOsmena Day, all lessons inclass dealt with the life of the

late President Sergio OsmenaSr. (subordinate, adverbial)


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Novelty lead

Astonisher lead

CHAMPION of Division ofIloilo City!BETTER look your best thisweek!


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Novelty lead

Contrast lead FOUR MONTHS before the GreenDrive, Zone 3 of Brgy. Bo. Obrero,Iloilo City was the dirtiest community.Three months after the campaign, itwon first place in the cleanlinesscontest sponsored by the Departmentof Interior and Local Government.


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Novelty lead

Epigram LIKE father, like son.Herman Lagon Jr. graduated first honor

this year. Twenty years ago, his father,Engr. Herman Lagon Sr. also topped hisclass and delivered his valedictoryaddress on the same rostrum where theyoung Lagon gave his.


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Novelty lead

Picture lead

THE NEW principal, Ms. ArianneAgnes Lao, although only in herearly thirties, is already silver-

haired. She seldom talks, butwhen she does, she talks withsense.


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Novelty lead

Background lead THE CPU campus was turned into aminiature carnival ground Sept. 1during the 89th Foundation Daycelebration of the school. Decoratedwith buntings and multicolored lights,the University quadrangle was agrand setting for a barrio fiesta.


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Novelty lead

Descriptive lead

DRESSED in white polobarong, and with diplomas intheir hands, 109 graduates

marched down the stage tothe tune of Hail Alma Mater.


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Novelty lead

Parody lead

WATER, water everywhere,but no water to drink. Thiswas what the flood victims

found to their dismay.


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Novelty lead

Punch lead

VICTORY Day!Bonifacio High Schoolcelebrated March 18 its fifthvictory in the city-wide

journalism contest.


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Novelty lead

One-word lead

MARCH!Thus ordered Chess Clubpresident Pol Buenconsejo tostart the Walk to Win fund -raising drive.


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Novelty lead

Quotation lead

THE YOUTH sucks, thus saidSpecial Association of Dimwits(SAD) president Don Pepot in a

seminar-workshop yesterday inBrgy. Walang Kwenta, SietePegados, Guimaras.


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Novelty lead

Question lead

WHO WILL reign as MissIntramurals this year?This will be known Aug. 8after the final screening to beheld at the WVSU gym.


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Identify what kind of lead isused in the following:

He used to be a mechanic. Now,he is president of a college.Dressed in caps and gowns, andwith diplomas in their hands, thegraduates sang their farewellsong to their alma mater.


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