Journalism Reviewer

Journalism – came from the Latin word ‘diurna’ which means ‘daily’; gathering, reporting, and producing news *acta diurnal – daily news/events Scopes of Journalism • Written – newspaper, magazines, newsletters • Oral – radio • Visual – TV, Live broadcast Functions of Campus Papers • Information – awareness • Entertainment Function • Opinion – criticism, interpretation of the news • Documentation – happenings • Laboratory F. – for newbies • Educational F. • Watchdog – inspects, alarms, issues • Developmental Succesos Felices – 1st known Philippine newsletter (Tomas Pinpin) Del Superipr Govierno – 1st regular publication La Solidaridad – 1st pre-revolutionary newspaper (Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena) Kalayaan – considered 1st real newspaper in Phils. La Union tab – 1st regularly published school newspaper in the Phils Campus Papers / Instruction of Journalism in Schools Campus Paper School The Coconut 1st Manila Highschool / Araullo Highschool The Leyteyan Leyte High The Rizalian Rizal High The Coconut Tayabas High The Volcano Batangas High The Toil La Union High The Samarian Samar High The Melting Pot Tarlac High The Granary Nueva Ecija High The Torres Torch Torres High The Cagayan Students Chronicle Cagayan High Circular Letter no. 34 - 1st significant regulation concerning HS Paper / Campus Papers Requirements: • Credible Adviser • Sufficient Finances • Printer which produces good quality paper News – Factual, truthful, unbiased, interesting to the public, involves persons and events; literature in a hurry; Oral/Written report of past, present future events Elements of News • Conflict • Immediacy timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Prominence • Significance • Names

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Drama Romance and adventure Oddity or unusualness Sex Progress Animals

• Numbers • Emotion Types of News stories A. Scope or Origin • Local news – events take place within the place locality • National news – within the country • Foreign news – outside the country • Dateline – news preceded by the date and place of origin where it was written of filed B. Chronology or Sequence • Advance or anticipated – published before its occurrence; sometimes called DOPE • Spot news – gathered and reported on the spot • Coverage news – written from a given beat; covered by respected reporters • Follow-up lines – a sequel to the previous story having a new lead of its own C. Structure • Straight News – consists of facts given straight without embellishment; uses the summary lead • News feature – based on facts but it entertains more than it informs, uses suspended interest structure (narrative) • Single Feature or one incident story – deals with an isolated event. A single fact is featured in the lead • Several Featured/multiple-angled or composite story – several facts are included in the lead D. Treatment • Fact story – plain composition forth a single situation or a series of closely related facts that inform • Animal story – a narrative of actions involving not mere simple facts but also dramatic events, testimony of witnesses, description of persons and events, as well as explanatory data • Quote story – speeches, statements, letters, and interviews when reported • Speech Report – written from a public address, talks, and speeches • Interview story – news report written from an interview E. Minor Forms • News brief – short item of news interest written like a telegraph message giving mainly the result of details • News Bulletin – similar to the lead of a straight news story

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News featurette – short news feature usually used as filler Flash – a bulletin that conveys the first word of an event

F. Content • Routine story – celebrations, enrollment, graduation, election • Police reports • Science News • Developmental news Lead – introduction wherein every news story begins that answers the 5 W’s and one H. Kinds of lead • conventional or summary lead Kinds: Who lead, what lead, why lead, where lead, when lead, and how lead • grammatical beginning lead 1. Prepositional Phrase lead 2. Infinitive phase live 3. participal phrase lead 4. gerundial phrase lead 5. clause lead • Novelty lead 1. Astonisher lead – interjection , exclamatory 2. contrast lead – extremes , opposites

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epigram lead – opens with common verses, etc picture lead – creating a mental image background lead – describes the setting descriptive lead – few descriptive words parody lead – parody of a well known song, poem, lines, etc punch lead – short forceful word or expression one word lead – self explanatory quotation lead – direct words question lead – answer to a question which is the basis of the news story

Gathering news Sources of news • Beats – backbone of news coverage which include school orgs, offices, departments, bulletin boards • Printed materials – school calendars, bulletins, athletic schedules

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Tips from resources Press release/ Press con Future book – record of whole year activities An alert from stand-by reporters

Principles for effective writing (Prof. Armando Calay) • Think first then write • Get to the point • Use FAMILIAR WORDS • Omit verbal deadwood • Keep sentences SHORT • SHORTEN Paragraphs • Use SPECIFIC and CONCRETE language • PREFER the SIMPLE to the COMPLEX • Be positive • Use the ACTIVE VOICE • Use adjectives SPARINGLY • REVISE and SHARED • Write to EXPRESS not to IMPRESS • Be OBJECTIVE and UNBIASED Headlines (reasons)

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enable readers to get a guide summary of news highlights choose the news the reader wants to read to grade and organize news to make newspapers attractive Flush left Drop Line Inverted Pyramid Hanging indention Cross line Boxed Headline Jumped Story

Punctuation • No period • Uses a comma or semicolon instead of ‘and’

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Single quotation mark, when there are quotations Follow general news of punctuation