Week 8

Making a Newspaper: News Reporting

Anatomy of an Article
 After the lesson, the learners are expected to:
1. The learner understands the delineation between creative and the nonfictional
elements of creative nonfictional text, and
The learner clearly and coherently uses multiple elements conventionally identified
2.
with a genre for a written output.

Making a Newspaper: News Reporting

Two major types of articles that
are in this category are:
1. General News Reports - these are shorter articles that report on the facts of
recent events, usually within a short period of time.
2. Investigative Reports – these are longer and more detailed articles that require
more research. These may show up in a newspaper in installments or as a series of
articles.
Investigative Reports are The structure of a news story is often called
different from General the "inverted pyramid."
News Reports. That is because the main, and most important,
1. These reports are longer and
point is contained in the first sentence. The
much more detailed.
2. The reporters research the
rest of the story contains elements of less
topic in greater depth. They will: importance as the reader nears the bottom.
• use computer databases
• conduct extensive interviews
• seek out and review piles of
documents
3. Gathering information usually
takes several weeks.
4. These reports often include
data
from studies or research that has
been performed.

The first paragraph in a news article is called the LEAD. The lead must
summarize the basic facts of a story and convey to a reader what you are
reporting. But it is more than just the beginning of your story. The lead needs
to “catch” the reader's attention and make them want to read the rest of your
story.
The rest of the paragraphs are referred to as the BODY. The body of the
article supports the story told in the lead by including details such as facts,
examples, or quotes. The body should be organized so that it is easy to read and
understand.
And, finally, as with any good story, there should be an ENDING that is
short, direct, and memorable. You do not need to repeat everything from
the body of your article. Simply make a statement that “wraps up” your
thoughts on the topic. Don’t forget to include GRAPHICS, which help make the
story more interesting and understandable.
 Investigative reports have been dominant in
television and other media platforms; letting
the readers understand the details and
eventually letting them evaluate and
conclude the context and idea governing the
issues. Investigative reports lead sentences
must give the general idea of the reports
themselves

Individual Assessment I
DIRECTIONS: Identify if the following headlines fall whether general
report or investigative report. Write GR for General Reports and IR
for Investigative Reports.
1. One arrested after the snatching incident after being
chased by the jeepney driver whose phone was stolen.
2. Debold Sinas concluded the case of Christine Dacera case
as “solved”.
3. Bulakan Municipal Mayor Vergel Meneses, along with
other councilor announced the status after being diagnosed to be Covid
19 positive.
4. A scrutiny on how a 15 billion fund of Philhealth was
missing.
5. Ma’am Cathlyn Mariano, a teacher who saved Php
100,000 shared her discipline in saving money.
6. DOH says that Metro
Manila will probably go back to
Enhance Community Quarantine
(ECQ) after the Traslacion happened
last week.
7. An investigation about
how an airport in Cavite was left
undone and abandoned after spending
billions of funds.
Anatomy of an Article
Individual Assessment II
Using the news below, write your version of news through the provided
guidelines. Search for the necessary information for the chosen news.
Consider the tips in each part of the article as well as the rubrics
provided by the teacher.
• Traslacion 2021
• New Strain of Covid 19 virus
• Dolamite beach in Manila Bay
• Taal Batangas after a year ago
• Rudy Baldwin’s vision in 2021
• Others (choose any article not presented here)
Criteria for grading:
Characteristics Percentage
Content Satisfactory 40 %
Choice of words 20 %
Syntax 30 %
Neatness 10 %
Total 100 %

Headline
Byline

Graphics
Body

Caption

Tips: Always remember that lead sentence gives the reader ALL the needed
information.