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Journalism Training


What is Journalism?


What is journalism?

• Reporting of an event, speech, policy, case, research or extraordinary incident and the bizzare

Good journalism• Provides equal opportunity for all sides• Provides analysis, context and meaning to the readers• Provides input, criticisms to policy makers and warn

about consequences of policy• Provides a voice to the voiceless, the marginalized, the

forgotten


Output

• Text: magazine, newspaper, tabloid, other publications• Sound: radio, podcast• Visual: photojournalism, illustration & comics• Audio visual: television report, documentary• Multimedia: online, combination of elements, ppt, flash

animation


Element of Journalism



5W+1H• Who• What• When• Where• Why• How



• Who: Nivell Rayda, editor, Jakarta Globe• What: Journalism training• When: Sunday, 28 Oct 2012• Where: Taman Suropati, Menteng• Why: Participants can perform news reporting• How: Presenting basic techniques of writing journalistic

piece



“Jakarta Globe editor, Nivell Rayda on Sunday staged a free journalism training at Suropati Park, empowering participants to understand the basics of journalism so they can apply them to their own work.”



• Who: Nivell, participants from different backgrounds• What: Journalism training, power point presentation• When: Sunday, time of start, time when finish• Where: Suropati park, what corner• Why: So they can write news article, sharpening writing

skills, documentation, reference, advocacy• How: How much, how many, how long



Who + What + When + Where + Why + How

What + Why + How

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Anatomy of news reporting


Headline

• 4-10 words

• Eye catching

• Containing the most interesting element, essence of story, what is unique about the story

• “Drug victims continue to rise, Government“• “Does the Drug Law Really Protect Victims?”


Lead

• Able to stand on its own• Explaining what the news is all about• Captivating reader to want to continue reading• Short, concise, clear


Body

• Detailed elaboration of the lead paragraph• Adding context, background, additional information• Well structured, clear flow• Able to draw readers interest from beginning to the end


Anatomy

Lead: Nivell, Suropati park, Sunday (28/10), journalism training

Para II: Importance of learning journalism skills and adapt to different applications

Para III: Nivell explains steps to writing journalism piece

Para IV: What participants think? Why did they join? What did they expect?


Anatomy

Who + What + When + Where + Why + How

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Why + How

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Types of journalism work



• Hard news: reporting something that just happened• Analysis: examining current news & development:

implication, reflection, prediction• Feature: long story that is timeless, a story not often

touch but everyone needs to know• Profile: retelling someone’s life journey• Review: what writers think about movie, music, exhibition• Photo essay: telling a story through photography• Opinion: one’s thought about an important and relevant

topic


Straight/Hard news

Hundreds of residents in Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta had to be evacuated from their homes on Monday after torrential rains caused the Ciliwung River to overflow.


Analysis

Urban planning experts said the government must immediately act on the rising level of sedimentation at the bottom of the Ciliwung River which inhibits the flow of the river as Jakarta braces itself for the upcoming rainy season.


Feature

For three days Rohimah (70) must stay at a makeshift shelter with her three grandchildren, sharing a thin plastic mat on top of unpaved soil. She couldn’t maintain her composure and started to shed a tear when asked where she lived. Her simple home, she said, collapsed and swept away by strong currents of the Ciliwung River.


Opinion

When former Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo was inaugurated into office in 2007, he soon pledged to work on something which residents in the capital had been longing for: a flood-free Jakarta. But after five years and trillions of rupiah spent, why do we continue to see some areas facing massive flooding?



Same standard applies:• Who, what, when, where, why, how• Accuracy• Clarity• Balanced (all sides)



• Difference in function and structure

• Hard news: readers will know, Feature, analysis: readers understand

• Scope of discussion


Technique

• Narrative• Description• Direct quotes• Indirect quotes• Argumentation• Data• History• Case studies


Technique

Heavy• Indirect quotes• Argumentation• Data• History• Case studies

Light• Narrative• Description• Direct quotes


Technique

Captivating readers is about combining

heavy and light, fast and slow. Don’t

force readers to think hard all the time

• Narrative (light)• Argumentation (heavy)• Direct quotes (light)• History (heavy)• Description (light)


Before you write


Before you write

• You can’t be over prepared• No such thing as too much info• Data, statistics• What I already know• What I don’t already know• Similar cases. How others write it?• Who should I talk to first• Get the facts checked


After you write


After you write

• Read it out loud, does it sound good?• Should I keep the structure, does it make sense, does it

flow properly• Is it balanced enough? • Too plain, too safe• Do I have enough sources, are there too many? Quotes,

data, cases


One last thing!


Blog, Write a Feature, Write a Review, Write a poem,

Write a fiction

….Just write


Thank you!

Nivell RaydaJournalist and writing coachhttp://twitter.com@nivellismhttp://contentactivation.com

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