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DIVISION TRAINING OF SCHOOL PAPER ADVISERSJuly 16 18, 2014

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HAT IS NES

A timely and factual narration of past, present and future event. (Ceciliano

Jose-Cruz)

An accurate and timely account of an idea, issue or event that aects a

signicant number of people. ( Rachel E. Khan)

3ALITIES OF NES

Accuracy-correct statements, names, gures, etc.

Objective-does not take side Factual- actual persons and events

alance-gives proper emphasis on each fact in relation to other facts! gives

attention to both sides in a controversial issue.

"oncise-short enough to contain the most important facts

#imely-refers to the freshness or immediacy of events

ELE5ENTS OF NES

$rominence

$ro%imity

&mmediacy

Oddity

'uman interest

"on(ict

)ames

)umbers and *tatistics

+omance and Adventure

*ignicance

"hange and evelopment

Animals

"alamity

GENERAL INDS OF NES

*traight )es the data are presented in direct fashion using the summary

lead. /also called hard news0

)es feature the data are presented indirectly through the use of novelty

lead. /also called soft news0

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TIPS IN NES RITING

1rite the nes as soon as you have gathered the facts.

2ist don the facts according to their decreasing importance.

'ighlight the most important data as your lead.

1rite the full name of the person3organi4ation hen rst mentioned.#hereafter, use only the surname or any appropriate title of the person and

acronym for the organi4ation.

Attribute authority or source of nes to strengthen the credibility of the nes

story and to protect the nespaper from libel suit.

&dentify names mentioned. &f the person has several identications, use the

one relevant to the facts of the story.

Avoid editoriali4ing.

e objective

5ake short paragraphs. 1rite one-idea, one sentence paragraph.

6se simple ords. 6se short sentences but vary their length. o not involve yourself in the nes

by using the rst person.

$refer the active to the passive voice.

$resent both sides of the persons involved in the nes.

$lace direct and indirect 7uotation separately in paragraphs.

)umbers from 8 to 9 should be ritten in ord.

)umbers 8: and above should be in numerical form.

o not start the sentence ith numerical gure. 'ave it in ord.

THE LEAD

#he lead is the story;s opening sentence or to.

&n straight nes, it tells the most important facts of the story.

&n a feature article or nes feature, it could be a ord, a phrase, a sentence

or a paragraph that attracts and sustains the reader;s interest.

THE INVERTED P7RA5ID

LEAD

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#he nes is ritten in inverted pyramid form. #he most important facts are placed

at the beginning. #he other details are given in succeeding paragraphs.

ADVANTAGES OF INVERTED 7RA5ID STRCTRE

It facilitates reading. y reading the lead, one can already get the nes heants to kno.

It facilitates newspaper make-up. &n case of lack of space, the layout editor

can delete the least important paragraphs at the bottom.

It facilitates headline writing.#he copy editor can already prepare the

headline of the story from the lead.

CLASSIFICATION OF LEADS

8. *ummary 2ead. &t ansers the ve 1;s and one ' / ho, hat, hen, here,

hy and ho0. #he story is presented using the inverted pyramid form here

the most important data are in the rst and second paragraph. #his is used instraight nes.

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