NEWS ITEMS

By : Nico Cristianto
Definition of News Item

News item is a text which informs readers about events of

the day. The events are considered newsworthy or
important.

It means if there is an important event that should be known

by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the
news text is called the news item text. However, if there
are events that people do not deserve, then they are not
definitely worth to be news.
Generic Structure of News Item

• Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in

summary form.

• Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what

happened, to whom, in what circumstance

• Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by

participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the
event
Language Feature of News Item

• – Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing

the text)
– Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.
– Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned :
Jakarta – … .. / Kuala Lumpur – …
– Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that
until now still happen or still in the form of fact, then can use
simple present tense.
– Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
– Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
– Uses of material processes to retell the event
 Purpose of News Item

• To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events

of the day
• To present information the readers about newsworthy or
important events of the day
The Example of News Item

Jakarta - Indonesia has become a key player in the region's automotive

market and one of the busy automotive hubs in the ASEAN, Industry
Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated.
"With sustainable infrastructure development, technological
breakthroughs, innovations, the growth of the middle class, and the
increasing demand for cars, Indonesia has become a busy automotive
hub in Southeast Asia," Kartasasmita noted in his statement received
here on Tuesday.
the second quarter of 2023, the automotive industry grew 9.66 percent,
higher than the performance of the non-oil and gas processing
industry that grew 4.56 percent year-on-year (yoy).
The government is also striving to develop electric vehicles. The
Industry Ministry is optimistic that the sales of electric vehicles in
Indonesia would increase dramatically.
In 2022 alone, at least 10 thousand electric vehicles were sold.
 The Excercise

1. Please search automotive industry news

in nowadays

2. Restate that news into your own words,

please make into minimal 300 words
THANK YOU