• An oral or written report of a past, present or future event.

• It should be factual, truthful, accurate, unbiased and interesting

ELEMENTSTHAT MAKE

A NEWS

CONFLICT

• It may be physical or mental conflict

• Whenever there are two opposing side to an issue.

• This can also be taken literally… a fight or argument

IMMEDIACY/ TIMELINESS

• Emphasizes the newest angle of the story

Proximity/ Nearness

• It may refer to geographical nearness as well as to nearness of kinship or interest.

• People are generally more interested in stories that are geographically close to them.

PROMINENCE

• The more famous a person is, the more likely they are to make the news.

• If you and the president both went to lunch, only the president would make the news.

• It may also refer to places or thing.

SIGNIFICANCE

• Whatever is significant to the lives of an individual is interesting to him.

NAMES

• Important names makes important news• The more names there are in the story,

the better.

DRAMA

• This adds color to the story

• The public certainly loves the good show.

• Anything that moves a reader to tears or to laughter is good news.

ODDITY/ UNUSUALNESS

• Refers to strange and unnatural events, objects, persons, and places.

ROMANCE/ ADVENTURE

• It appeals to an individual specially when he experiences the same story.

SEX

• It is not only about marriage or romance, it is more on gender differences.

PROGRESS

• The onward and forward march of the civilization or the progress of the country is chronicled step by step by a news paper.

ANIMALS• Stories of animals specially those

with talents are good reading matter because of their human interest value.

NUMBER

• Sweepstakes numbers, vital statistics, election results, scores in games, casualties, fatalities, price of goods and ages of women make a good news.

EMOTION

• People love reading stories that play on emotion.

• “Awwwwww” factor

TYPES OFNEWS STORIES

1. SCOPE/ ORIGIN A. LOCAL NEWS

- Report of events that take place within the immediate locality.B. NATIONAL NEWS

- News that takes place within the countryC. FOREIGN NEWS

- News that takes place outside the countryD. DATELINE NEWS

- News preceded by the date and place of origin or place where it is written

2. CHRONOLOGY

A. Advance/ Anticipated- news published before its occurrence (DOPE)

B. Spot News- News that is gathered and reported on the spot.

C. Coverage news- News given from a given beat

D. Follow-up News- A sequel to a previous story.

3. STRUCTURE

a. Straight News- consist of facts given straight without embellishment

b. News-Feature- based on facts but it entertains more than it informs.

1.) Single-feature2.) Several Feature

4. TREATMENTa. Fact Story- plain exposition setting forth a single

situation that inform.b. Action Story- narrative of actions involving not mere

simple facts but also dramatic events, testimony of witness

c. Speech report- news story usually written from public address, talks and speeches.

d. Quote story- All are based on recorded informatione. Interview story- News report written from an

interview

5. CONTENT

a. Routine Story (celebrations, enrollment, graduation, election)

b. Police reports ( accident, fire, calamity, crime)

c. Science Newsd. Developmental newse. Sports news

6. MINOR FORMS

a. News Brief- short item of news interestb. News Bulletin- similar to a lead of a straight

news story.c. News-featurette – short news feature used

as a fillerd. Flash- Bulletin that first conveys the first

word of the events.

LEAD

LEAD

• An introduction of every news story.

• Its main functions are to tell a story in capsule form and to answer right away the questions the reader would naturally ask.

• A good lead answers all the important questions of the readers

Characteristics of a Good LEAD

• A good lead answers all the important questions of the readers

• Indicates the attendant circumstances if they are all important

• Arouses the readers’ interest to continue reading the story.

KINDS OF LEAD

1. Conventional or Summary Lead

• It is used in straight news, answers right away all or any of the 5W’s and the H

WHO (person involved is more prominent than what he does)

President Fidel V. Ramos addressed April 20, the PMA graduates in Baguio.

WHAT ( event or what took place is more important than the person involved)

The NSAT will be given Nov.24 to all graduating high school students desiring to enroll in the four-year college course

WHERE (place is unique and no prominent person is involved)

The Philippines will be the site for the next Miss Universe contest.

WHEN (useful when speaking of deadlines, holidays and important dates)

Sept. 15 was the deadline for filing the NSAT application forms

WHY (reason is more prominent than what happens)

Because of poverty, around a hundred students dropped out from school last year. This was learned from PNU president Gloria Salandanan

HOW (manner and method of achieving the story is unnatural)

By appealing to the school board, the Manila Science High School was able to construct a three- story concrete building

2. Grammatical Beginning Lead

• Lead is introduced by a kind of grammatical form which is usually a phrase or a clause used to emphasize a feature.

• Prepositional Phrase Lead

• Infinitive Phrase Lead

• Participial Phrase Lead

• Gerundial Phrase Lead

• Clause Lead

3. Novelty Lead• Best used in writing news features• Written in such a way that they attract

attention or carry out a definite purpose

a. Astonisher Lead (uses exclamatory sentence)b. Contrast Lead (describes 2 extremes or opposites for emphasis)c. Epigram Lead (opens by quoting expressions

or verses)d. Picture Lead (describes a person, place or

event at the same time creating a mental picture)

e. Background Lead (setting is more prominent than characters and event)f. Descriptive Lead (use descriptive words to

create imagery)g. Parody Lead (consists of a parody of a well-

known song, poem, lines)h. Punch Lead (short forceful word or expression)

i. One Word Leadj. Quotation Lead (speakers

direct words which are very striking)k. Question Lead (answer to a question which is the basis of a news story)