News Writing.pptx

NEWS WRITING

WHAT IS NEWS? • 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 articles cover the basics of current events. They answer the questions: who, what, where, how, and when?

WHAT IS NEWS?

•It is the spinal cord of journalism.

What makes a news?

•“When a dog bites a man, that is not news. When a man bites a dog, that’s news.” • -Charles Dana

CHARACTERISTICS OF NEWS

•ORGANIZEDprecision of how the details are accounted for

••FACTUAL accuracy of details in the report

•OBJECTIVITY - to report the facts exactly the same way as they occurred.

•COMPLETE comprehensiveness of the report

•CONCISEto convey the message in the simplest way to the masses because every person in the masses is not highly educated.

ELEMENTS OF NEWS

•IMMEDIACY or TIMELINESS

•PROXIMITY

•CONSEQUENCE

•PROMINENCE

•ODDITY

•HUMAN INTEREST

•GENDER

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NEWS WRITING PROCESS 1. CONCEIVE- INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT 2. COLLECT- InFORMATION/ DATA/QOUTES 3. CONSTRUCT- WRITING PROPER/ NEWS STRUCTURE 4. CORRECT- EDIT, EDIT, EDIT

• NEWS STRUCTURE HEADLINE SUBJECT -VERB - OBJECT (S-V-O) ex. Robredo (S) slams (V) Duterte (O) • S-V-0 plus quote ex. Robredo hits Duterte: More power to you Novelty headlines ex. Robredo: More power to you, Digong More power to you, Digong -Robredo

NEWS STRUCTURE • LEAD - WHO, WHAT, SO WHAT • SUPPORT SENTENCE INDIRECT QUOTE (WHEN, WHERE) • STRONGEST DIRECT QUOTE • BACKGROUND

COMMON STYLE GUIDES • •SPELL OUT NUMBERS ZERO TO NINE; FOR NUMBERS 10 AND ABOVE, PUT THEM IN NUMERIC FORM. • •ATTRIBUTE QUOTATIONS TO YOUR SOURCES. USE TITLES WHEN APPLICABLE. • •CAPITALIZE FIRST LETTERS OF PROPER NOUNS; NAMES, PLACES, TITLES, AND THINGS.

• INCLUDE THE COMPLETE NAME OF THE PERSON WHEN YOU MENTION IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. • WHEN YOU MENTION THE NAME OF THE PERSON FOR THE SECOND TIME, USE ONLY THE SURNAME. • USE THE COMPLETE NAME OF A DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BUREAU OR OFFICE WHEN YOU MENTION IT FOR FIRST TIME AND ONLY THE ABBREVIATION FOR THE SECOND TIME.

TIPS AND REMINDERS • •BE TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE. • •AVOID EDITORIALIZING. • •READ BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST TEACHER OF WRITING. •WRITE A LOT. • •EDIT. EDIT. EDIT. • •READ. WRITE. EDIT.