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NEWSWRITING September 11, 2022 NEWS WRITING Let’s Play News is a report, oral or written, of an event that has just happened or which will happen and which is of interest to readers. News is new information, true information, important information. Department of Education News...

NEWSWRITING September 11, 2022 NEWS WRITING Let’s Play News is a report, oral or written, of an event that has just happened or which will happen and which is of interest to readers. News is new information, true information, important information. Department of Education News Writing  Let’s Play BALITA Ito ay napapanahon at makatotohanang paglalahad ng mga pangyayaring nagaganap, magaganap o naganap na. CHARACTERISTICS OF Let’s Play NEWS 1. ACCURATE (Wasto) 2. FACTUAL (Makatotohanan) 3. BALANCE (Balanse) 4. CONCISE (Maigsi) 5.TIMELY (Napapanahon) Department of Education News Writing  Elements of news: 1. Immediacy - Let’s newness, Playfreshness news that is being recency, given to he public as soon as it happens is more valuable than those disclosed after a long time. 2. Proximity - value of news depreciates with distance. Look for news that interests people near you. The farther you are from the place, the less interested you are about happenings there. 3. Consequence - how many people are affected by the news. The more people are affected, the bigger the news item. examples: taxes, legislation Department of Education News Writing 4. Oddity - refersLet’stoPlay any unusual or deviation from the normal. 5. Emotions - (human interest) anything that appeals to our sense of pity, admiration and hatred.... an appeal to the emotion and not to the mind... 6. Conflict – disagreement between man and his fellowmen, man and nature or man and himself. Department of Education News Writing 7. Prominence – this attracts more Let’s Play attention than the ordinary. This can be persons, places or objects. 8. Drama – certain events that the discussion of which makes a reader go on and on. 9. Progress – scientific progress, inventions make life better. Progress is the most important phenomenon in the press. Department of Education News Writing 10. Names- it involves newsworthy Let’s Play people. 11. Numbers and statistics –significant numbers like results of sweepstakes, peso-dollar equivalence and the like. 12. Change and development-any progress like putting up new school, building, road , bridge and the like could be news items. Department of Education News Writing Different forms of Let’s writing an Play incident Situation: A fire broke out and four persons made their separate essays on what happened. For a 10-year-old grade school pupil, “I saw a fire. It was a big red fire. It burned a house. There were many people around. Some men put water on the fire.” Department of Education News Writing For a romantic high school student: Let’sarose “Fearful scarlet tongues Play to the star-studded heaven and licked greedily at the doomed edifice while the stout-hearted firefighters risked their all to quench the terrible conflagration.” For a lady observer/viewer: “You know, Mare, there was a fire in our community. I think it cost the owner a great deal of money. The date was August 8. August is the eight month. So I bet in the lottery, 8-16-24-32- 40-48.” Department of Education News Writing For a campus paper writer, Let’s Play A fire of undetermined origin razed to the ground a two-storey apartment owned by lawyer Juan Dela Cruz of 23 Lopez Jaena St., Koronadal City, last night. Four trucks from the Koronadal City’s Fire Station seized the fire within an hour. The damage estimated by the police at P500,000 was covered by insurance. The combination of simple, vivid and dignified articles produces a copy simple enough for Mr. Average Reader to understand. We call it news article. Department of Education News Writing  Types of News Stories Let’s Play A. According to style of presentation 1. Straight news. The data are presented in direct fashion using the summary lead. 2. News feature. The data are presented indirectly through the use of novelty lead. B. According to place of occurrence 1. Local news. The event happens within the locality of the reader 2. Foreign news. The event take place outside of the country. Department of Education News Writing C. According to sources Let’s Play 1. Action story. The reporter himself is an eye witness of the even that happens. 2. Based on the records news. The information are gathered from the records like the police stations, hospitals and other agencies. 3. Speech news. The data are gathered from the speech of celebrities. 4. Based on interview. When data are gathered through interviewing persons, who are knowledgeable or authority of the event. Department of Education News Writing  Basic Structure of News Let’s Play Straight news follow the structure of news writing. It is written in inverted triangle form. The most important facts are placed in the beginning. The other details and background are given in the succeeding paragraphs. Primary Lead Secondary lead Other important details Least Important details Department of Education News Writing Primary lead – usually a short paragraph which answers at least four of the five Ws and one H at its most effective angle. Secondary lead – complements the main lead by answering those of the five Ws and one H, which left unanswered. Other important details – other less important data that give flesh to the story. Department of Education News Writing Lead (pamatnubay)– Most important facts The international airport in Lallo, Cagayan, the first such international gateway in northern Luzon, would initially cater to direct flights from at least five countries once in full operation by the end of the year. Department of Education News Writing Bridge—Elaboration of lead The new airport, according to the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), will cater to both domestic and international flights, especially from Asian countries like Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and mainland China. Department of Education News Writing Less important facts CEZA deputy administrator Julian Gonzales said the airport’s major facilities such as control towers, runways and passengers’ lounge have been completed but the airport is expected to go on commercial operation still by the end of the year. Gonzales also explained that the airport would make the economy of Cagayan and the entire Cagayan Valley as well stronger and sustainable, especially since the region is considered one of the country’s food baskets. Department of Education News Writing Minor facts CEZA is based in Cagayan’s northern coastal municipality of Santa Ana where Port Irene, an international port established during the Marcos administration, is also located. Santa Ana is less than an hour’s drive from the new airport. Department of Education News Writing  Advantages of the Inverted Pyramid Structure 1. It facilitates reading. By just reading the lead, one can already get the news he wants to know. 2. It facilitates newspaper’s makeup. In cases of lack of space, the lay out editor can strike out or delete the least important paragraphs at the bottom, because the most important facts on top. 3. It facilitates headline writing. Copy editor can already prepare the headline of the story from the lead. Department of Education News Writing  Nakadetine ngayon sa Manila Police Station ang suspek na si Rey Vapinosa, 31, taga Tondo Manila, nang tuluyang arestuhin nina PO1 Peterson Flores at Lennon Jhon Nocedal, nakatalaga sa Asuncion –PCP. Nakasakay umano sa Mobile Car Patrol No. 3091 ang dalawang pulis nang madaanan ang nagwawalang suspek at nakikipag-argumento sa kanyang kinakasama sa labas ng kalsada. Kalaboso ang sinapit ng isang security guard matapos laitin ang dalawang bagitong pulis na nagtangkang umawat sa kanyang pagwawala sa kalsada kamakalawa ng gabi sa Tondo, Manila. Department of Education News Writing  The event tees off at 8:30 a.m. with prizes awaiting the winners in the three classes as well as in the ladies division. The Association of Philippine Journalists (Samahang Plaridel) will hold the 2016 Plaridel Cup golf tournament on November 28 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong City. Local journalists will take part in the one-day tournament which is a fund raising project of the Samahang Plaridel, a group launched in 2002 composing of veteran journalists and communicators. Department of Education News Writing  The Lead The lead is the first paragraph of the news story. In straight news, it tells the most important facts of the story. In feature article or news feature, it could be a word, a phrase, a sentence or a paragraph that attracts and sustain the reader’s interest. Lead in a news story, particularly in straight news, need not be too long. As a popular adage about it says. “A lead should be like a miniskirt, short enough to be attractive, but long enough to cover the essentials.”  Classification of Lead 1. Summary lead. It answers the five Ws and one H (What, Who, Where, When, Why and How). The story is presented using the inverted pyramid form where the most important data are in the first and second paragraph. This is used in the straight news. 2. Novelty lead. It attracts the reader’s attention, arouse his curiosity and sustain his interest. It is used in writing a news feature or a feature article.  Kinds of Summary Lead 1. What lead – used if the most important angle of the news is the event Example: The 2016 Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) is presently conducted at Koronadal Central Elementary School II participated in by 145 campus journalists and advisers of Koronadal City Division.  2. Who lead – used if the most important angle of the news is the person involved and is more significant than the event. Example: One hundred forty-five campus journalists and advisers participated the 2016 Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) held at Koronadal Central Elementary School II on November 4-5. 3. Where lead – used if the location where the event took place is more significant than the other aspects of the news. Example: Koronadal Central Elementary School II (KCES II) hosted the annual Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) attended by 145 campus journalists and advisers of Koronadal City Division, November 4-5. 4. When lead – seldom used lead because this is only used if the time element is more important than the other angles of the story. Example: November 4-5, 2016 is the conduct of the annual Division Schools Press Conference participated by campus journalists and advisers at Koronadal Central Elementary School II. 5. Why lead – used if the cause of the event is the most effective angle of the story. Example: To develop and enhance the writing competence of pupils and advisers in campus journalism, Koronadal City Division conducted a two-day Division Schools Press Conference hosted by Koronadal Central Elementary School on November 4-5. 6. How Lead – used if the process or the manner of how the event happened is more important than the other angles of the news. Example: By lectures and contests the annual Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) participated by 145 campus journalists and advisers is presently conducted at Koronadal Central Elementary School II, November 4-5.  Alternative leads Punch lead – A brief and witty statement. Like a good joke, it’s a punchline that catches readers off guard. Watching television can be deadly. Joselito D, Cruz, 35, was beaten to death when he changed the television channel against the wishes of the other patrons at the Lopaluza Bar along Taft Avenue last night.  Alternative leads Picture or descriptive lead – A vivid word picture of an event. Clutching his five-year-old son, Pedro Sison, 32, could not control his tears to roll down on his cheek when he heard that his wife, Marivic, 30, and their two-year-old daughter, were among those killed in the Manor Hotel fire incident in Quezon City.  Alternative leads Contrast lead – Uses the comparison between two extremes. Forty years ago, he was a fish vendor in Tondo. Today he is the ninth richest person in the country. --- Welcome sunlight greeted most part of Northern and Central Luzon yesterday, but a weekend darkened by a tropical depression has left a trail of death and destruction.  Alternative leads Direct address lead – “Violates” news convention of writing in the third person by using the second person, with the aim of targeting specific readers. If your parents are alumni of this school, then your family may be eligible for the annual loyalty award. The Aurora Elementary School Loyalty Award will be given to a family that has been with the school for at least two generations, Principal Mike Matino announced during the flag ceremony yesterday.  Alternative leads Question lead – Uses a question which at the same time serves as key idea of the story. Is a tuition increase really necessary? A tuition increase can be avoided next year, if the school manages to raise P500,000 from the newspaper drive, Principal Francis B. Ochoa said yesterday.  Alternative leads Quotation lead – Uses an important or bold remark of statement from a speech or an interview. “We will win the championships,” coach Virgilio Santos confidently declared yesterday. --------- “All these people who are using my name. I had them investigated – all of them.” That was the reason, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada said yesterday, that he ordered the Bureau of Customs to investigate his supposed close associate Lucio Lao Co and 13 other suspected smugglers.  Alternative leads Sequence lead – A series of paragraphs arranged chronologically “By five in the morning, she had already dressed her two daughters, Cynthia 4, and Miriam 2, for a Sunday mass. At seven, the three of them were seen attending mass in the chapel. At nine, when they returned to their shanty at Dagat- Dagatan, Maria Dorado, 46, despondent after having been abandoned by her husband, strangled her two daughters. She herself committed suicide.  Alternative leads Staccato lead – Series of phrases, punctuated by commas or dashes. Patient labor force. Calm management sector. Quick thinking mediators. All of these brought down the number of strike notices in the country by 14 percent this year, belying claims that increased labor tensions are bound to occur as a result of the economic crisis.  Alternative leads Epigram lead – It begins with a saying or a quotation and stresses the moral of the story. Crime does not pay. Romy Corrales, 34, learned this only after he had been collared by the police for being a fake immigration agent.  Alternative leads Summary lead – Attempts to give whole summary of the story in the lead. Sen. Franklin Drilon said yesterday Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno would have “a hard time” getting past the Commission on Appointments because of a memorandum he had issued that could impair local autonomy. - A new treaty that allows the United States to maintain its military presence in the Philippines was signed yesterday by Manila and Washington. Rules in Paragraph Construction in News Writing 1. A paragraph in a news should not exceed 75 words. 2. Important facts must be placed at the beginning of the paragraph. 3. Avoid repetition of clauses, phrases, and other similar grammatical construction at the beginning of each paragraph. 4. Do not put direct quotation and indirect quotation in the same paragraph. 5. One-sentence paragraph is preferred in writing news, but if it cannot be done, it should not exceed three sentences. 6. For reading average number of words per sentence should be between 15 to 20. A sentence longer than 30 words may be hard to understand. 7. Arrange paragraphs in the descending order of importance so that the layout editor can delete the least important ones for lack of space. Tips in News Writing 1. Write the news as soon as you have gathered the facts. 2. List the facts according to their descending importance. 3. Highlight the most important data as your lead. 4. Be accurate in presenting facts. 5. Names should be given in full when first mentioned. Thereafter, use Mr. and/or surname for men, Miss or Mrs. And/or surname for women or any special or appropriate title. 6. Attribute authority or source of news to strengthen reader’s confidence in the accuracy of the story and to protect the newspaper from libel suit. 7. Identify names mentioned. If the person has several identifications, use the one relevant to the facts of the story. 8. Avoid editorializing. Do not inject your opinion to the news. 9. Be objective. Present facts without bias. 10. Make short paragraph. Write one-idea, mostly one- sentence paragraph. 11. Use simple words. 12. Use short sentences but vary their length. 13. Do not involve yourself in the news by using first person. 14. Prefer the active than the passive voice. 15. Present both sides of the story involved in the news. 16. Do not use an important or unusual word twice in the same paragraph. 17. Numbers from 1 to 9 should be written in word and 10 and above should be in numerical figure. 18. Do not start the sentence with numerical figure. Have it in word. HOW GOOD ARE YOU??? - -13 brand new dump trucks and eight brand new pick-up trucks were acquired by city hall for road maintenance, flood control and urban development projects - -Koronadal City Mayor Eliordo U. Ogena turned over to the city Engineer’s Office yesterday - -Turned over rites was simple at the Koronadal City Hall quadrangle - -All trucks were bought locally amounting to 29.5 million - -Mayor Ogena instructed City Engineer Juan dela Cruz to maximize the use of the new trucks to speed up completion of ongoing city projects. Possible Answer: Mayor Eliordo U. Ogena turned over to the City Engineers' Office yesterday 13 brand new dump trucks and eight pick-up trucks acquired by the city hall for road maintenance, flood control and urban development projects. In a simple turnover rites at the Koronadal City hall quadrangle, Mayor Ogena instructed City Engineer Juan dela Cruz to maximize the use of the new trucks to speed up completion of ongoing city projects. All trucks were bought locally amounting to 29.5 million.  Ayon kay Judge Jesus Mupas ng RTC Branch 112, walang sapat na dahilan ang korte para magtungo si Abalos ng apat na araw sa Taiwan na nagsabing bibili ng “fingerlings” ng bangus na mas mura umano Ibinasura ng Pasay City Regional Trial Court ang petisyon ni dating Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos na makalabas ng bansa tungo sa Taiwan Dinidinig kasalakuyan ang kasong electoral sabotage ukol sa dayaan noong 2007 Senatorial Elections si Abalos. Isinampa ni Abalos ang naturang mosyon noong Oktubre 18. “Walang rason na nakikita ang korte para umalis si Abalos dahil sapat naman ang supply ng bangus “fingerlings” sa lokal na merkado” sabi ni Mupas.  Ibinasura ng Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) ang petisyon ni dating Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. na makalabas ng bansa tungo sa Taiwan habang dinidinig ang kasong electoral sabotage ukol sa dayaan noong 2007 Senatorial Elections. Sabi ni Judge Jesus Mupas ng RTC Branch 112, walang sapat na dahilan ang korte para magtungo si Abalos ng apat na araw sa Taiwan na nagsabing bibili ng “fingerlings” ng bangus dahil sa mas mura umano dito. Paliwanag din ni Mupas na walang rason na nakikita ang korte para umalis si Abalos dahil sapat naman ang supply ng bangus “fingerlings” sa lokal na merkado. Isinampa ni Abalos ang naturang mosyon noong Oktubre 18. Thank you!