News

writing
Balanced News, Fearless Views
News compared with other forms
of writing

The clanging of the Manila Fire

Department trucks one night
attracted a throng of spectators,
among them Katrina Kho, eight
years old, a second grader; Hayden
Halili, 15, a high schooler; Mrs.
Maricar Belo, a housewife; and
Warren Cruz, editor of The Excelsior
of the Regional Science High School.
KATRINA KHO’S STORY
At school, the next I saw a fire. It was
day, Katrina’s a big red fire. It
teacher asked the
burned a house.
pupils to write about
something There were many
interesting they had people around.
seen. Katrina wrote Some men put
painstakingly: water on the fire.
HAYDEN HALILI’S STORY
 Hayden likewise  Fearful scarlet tongues
arose to the star-
took advantage of studded heavens and
the fire as a topic licked greedily at the
of his composition doomed edifice while
the brave firefighters
risked their all to
quench the terrible
conflagration.
MRS. MARICAR BELO’S
STORY
I happened to see the most
Mrs.Belo, too,



interesting fire in our
neighborhood last night. There
mentioned the were many firetrucks called and
fire in a letter they were able to extinguish it,
but it required much effort. It
scribbled to a probably cost the people who
owned the house a good deal of
friend. Her money. The date was August 8.
version: August is the eight month, so I
bet in the “jueteng” 8-8,
“Pompiang”
MR.WARREN CRUZ STORY
 But editor Cruz  A fire of undetermined
origin razed to the ground
wrote for his a three-story apartment of
paper the Christopher Salvador of
164-B Recto St. last night.
following item: Four fir companies
subdued it within an hour.
The damage, estimated at
P100,000 was covered by
insurance.
 What is News?
 Is an oral or written
report of a past,
present, or future
event.
 It should be factual,
truthful, accurate,
unbiased and
interesting.
Elements of News
 Prominence
 Proximity
 Immediacy
 Conflict
 Calamity
 Human Interest
Elements of News
 Oddity or
unusualness
 Romance and
adventure
 Sex
 Numbers
 Animals
 Emotion
STRUCTURE OF NEWS

Primary
Lead
Secondary
Lead
Other Important
Details
Less Important
LEAD WRITING

1 Conventional Lead
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2 ●
Novelty Lead

3 Grammatical Lead
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Who Lead
Ian B. Paguigan, class valedictorian, will study for
free at the University of the Philippines - Diliman,
Quezon City after he availed a full government
scholarship grant for getting a high University
Predicted Grade (UPG) in the University of the
Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT)
administered in August at Tuguegarao City.
What Lead
The recommendations stipulated on the
study of Clarence John Guttierez and Micah
Ferrer in combatting addiction of students
to computer gaming are now taking shape as
the administration tightens its policy on its
campaign against online game addiction.
Why Lead

To cushion the impact of

soaring world’s oil prices on
the Philippine economy,
Malacanang yesterday said it
would cut thte import of
tariffon crude oil and diesel
at the end of the month.
How Lead

By installing more closed-circuit

cameras in Manila malls, sending
out guards with dogs and setting
up checkpoints, police acted on the
warning of the senior official of a
possible terrorist’s major attack in
the capital following a ferry
bombing in Zamboanga City that
How Lead

By installing more closed-circuit

cameras in Manila malls, sending
out guards with dogs and setting
up checkpoints, police acted on the
warning of the senior official of a
possible terrorist’s major attack in
the capital following a ferry
bombing in Zamboanga City that
When Lead

January 30 is the deadline of

submission of certificates of
candidacy for the 2010
national election said Comelec
in a press conference
yesterday.
Exercise 1
What: landslide
30 houses destroyed
Who: 100 persons killed
3 persons still unidentified suffered fractures
When: 2 a.m., Sunday, August 26
Where: between Kilometers 190 and 191 of the national
highways in
Karanglan, Sta. Fe, Nueva Ecija
How: Most of the trapped residents were asleep,
authorities said.
Why: The residents were advised by the authorities to
evacuate to safer
RSHS NAT Scores Target MPS: 75%
for the past 4 years

Learning 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010-2011

Areas 2008 2009 2010
Mathemati 55.23 67.82 72.55 82.48
cs
English 64.63 71.51 70.63 74.82
Science 52.02 59.04 81.11 69.73
Filipino 50.36 64.00 76.68 75.43
A.P. 67.17 70.62 58.06 80.14
Ave. 57.88 66.67 71.81 76.27
MPS
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Exercise
The solicitor general is alarmed over the apparent abuse
of “psychological incapacity’ as a ground for the filing and
subsequent granting of annulment of marriages. The Office
of the Solicitor General said that it will set up its watch of
unjustified annulment cases. Last February, Devanadera
noted that the number of annulment cases went up by over
58 percent in the span of just seven years. According to her,
in 2001 only about 4, 520 cases for annulment were filed
while last year, it reached a peak of 7,753 cases. In 2006
there were 7,138 annulment cases filed while 2003 had
6,848 cases. Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera also said
 Conventional Lead
Six students affirmed the
statement of Dr. Fabio M. Macalling
Jr. that the Regional Science High
School-Cagayan Valley (RSHS-CV) is
still the top performing school in
the region after they registered a
record-breaking feat for garnering
six golds in the Sixth Division
Science Quest at Delfin Albano High
School, Delfin Albano, Isabela, Oct.
23.
 Novelty Lead
Teach. Influence. Inspire.
Guided by this principle,
the teachers of the Regional
Science High School-
Cagayan Valley (RSHS-CV)
renewed their commitment
in teaching through a five-
day In-Service Training
(INSET) here, Oct. 27-31.
 Grammatical Lead
After three years of losing its
bid as the top-grosser school in
the Division Schools Press
Conference (DSPC), the Regional
Science High School-Cagayan
Valley (RSHS-CV) regained its lost
glory after its contenders to the
DSPC ‘09 at Dona Aurora National
High School, Aurora, Isabela,
edged with 10-point margin its
closest rival-the Isabela National
High School (INHS).
SAMPLE NEWS
STORY

Science Dep’t propels

Regscihyers towards
Primary Lead
Pursuing to continue its excellence
during the National Science Quest in
Mindoro Oriental and National
Science and Mathematics Summit for
RSHS’s in Zamboanga City, the
Science Department, headed by Mrs.
Jocelyn M. Baquiran, MT1, conducted
a laboratory demonstration designed
to scout potential students with
inherent scientific talents.
 Secondary Lead
The activities devised by the
Science Department are based
on the Learning Competencies
for every year level to ensure
that students’ abilities are
honed and to target 100%
competencies in all areas.
 
Other Important Details
In Mrs. Baquiran’s Advanced
Chemistry class, the students who
dressed like chemists in the lab, were
grouped into five, picked a specific
task, and demonstrated the concepts
of Molarity, Molality, Dilution and
Concentration.
Meanwhile, the Biology students of
Mrs. Ma. Teresa Natividad, moved out
from their classrooms, lined
themselves along the corridors, and
 Less Important Details
This activity, according to Natividad
aimed to assess students’ competency in
the identification of the parts of the
compound microscope and to determine
their abilities in focusing specimens under
time pressure.
“The practical examinations, the
demonstration in the lab, and the
illustration of scientific concepts are all
geared towards the development of our
scientific skills and attitudes,” told Janica
Widescreen Graphics
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such as a
chart, can
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Widescreen Pictures
Pictures can also be presented more dramatically in widescreen.
Creating 16:9 Presentations
To setup a widescreen
presentation, do one of the Important: Always start with your
following: slide size set to the aspect ratio you
intend to use. If you change the
 Start with this template. Simply slide size after you’ve created some
delete the example slides and add slides, your pictures and other
your own content. graphics will be resized. This could
potentially distort their appearance.
 Or, go to the Design tab and open
the Page Setup Dialog. Click the
Slide Size dropdown and pick On-
screen Show (16:9) (Note: we
also support 16:10, which is a
common widescreen laptop
resolution. )
Slide Show Tips
 To present in true widescreen, you’ll need
a computer and, optionally, a projector or
flat panel that can output widescreen
resolutions.
 Common computer widescreen
resolutions are 1280 x 800 and 1440 x
900. (These are 16:10 aspect ratio, but
will work well with 16:9 projectors and
screens.)
 Standard high definition televisions
resolutions are1280 x 720 and 1920 x
1080.
 Use the Test Pattern on the next slide to
verify your slide show settings.
 Widescreen Test Pattern (16:9)

Aspect Ratio
Test
(Should appear
circular)

4x3

16x9