PAGSULAT NG BALITA

ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)

A Little Go Back: Inverted Pyramid
 Coast guard planong bantayan ang mga
mangingisda sa West Phl Sea

Pinag-aaralan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines ang

planong pabantayan sa Philippine Coast Guard ang
mga mangingisdang Pinoy sa West Philippine Sea
Sinabi nin AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio
Catapang na maaaring maiwasan na guluhin ng mga
dayuhan ang mga mangingisdang Pinoy kapag
nakita ang coast guard.
 Dagdag niya na hindi ito maaaring gawin
ng Philippine Navy dahil sa pobilidad na lalong
tumaas ang tensyon sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa
kapag nakita ang mga “gray ships” na warship.
Nitong Abril 9 lamang ay itinaboy umano
ng Chinese caost guard ang mga mangingisdang
Pilipino sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo.
Samantala, ikinababahala ng gobyerno
ang mabilis na paglawak ng military facilities ng
China sa isang isla na inaangkin din ng Pilipinas.
 Pusa nanganak ng kuting at 2 tuta

NAGA CITY – Imposibleng manganak ng tuta ang

isang pusa.
Ito ang binigyang-diin ng isang veterinarian kaugnay
sa napabalitang panganganak ng pusa ng dalawang
tuta sa Brgy. Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines Sur.
Ayon kay Dr. May Christine Espiritu, imposibleng
manganak ng tuta ang isang pusa dahil magkaibang-
magkaiba ang pinagmulan nilang species.
 Ang aso aniya ay mula sa pamilya ng canine habang
ang pusa ay galing sa pamilya ng feline.
Una rito, ilang araw nang pinagkakaguluhan sa bayan
ng Pasacao ang alagang pusa ng isang Anastacio
Lanuan makaraan madiskobre niyang bukod sa isang
kuting ay nanganak ito ng dalawang tuta.
Sa panayam kay Lanuan, sinabi niyang inilagay niya
sa karton sa itaas ng kanilang cabinet ang kanyang
alagang buntis na pusa at kinaumagahan ay narinig
niyang mayroong ibang ingay na nagmumula rito.
 Nang tingnan ang karton ay laking gulat niya
nang makita ang isang kuting at dalawang tuta
katabi ng kanyang alagang pusa.
Aniya, kinilabutan at natakot siya sa kanyang
nakita dahil alam niyang imposible ito.
Sinabi ni Dr. Espiritu, para mapatunayan
ang pangyayari, kailangan munang masuri ang
nasabing mga hayop upang malaman kung ano
ang katotohanan sa likod nito.
 ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLE

What Is Associated Press Style?

The Associated Press style or simply AP style is the

gold standard for print journalism. It is used by the
majority of newspapers in the U.S. A. and some
newspapers and publications in the Philippines. It is
the standardized way of writing everything from
dates to street addresses to job titles.
 Hong Kong, nais magsarili

HONG KONG (AP)— Pormal na hiniling ng gobyerno ng Hong Kong sa

Beijing noong Martes ang mga pagbabagong legal sa magpapahintulot sa mga
residente ng southern Chinese city na maghalal ng kanilang lider sa unang
pagkakataon, ngunit isinantabi ang panawagan ng publiko na magnominate
ng mga kandidato na hindi inendorso ng China.
Sinabi ng Beijing-backed leader ng dating British colony na si Leung Chun-
ying sa isang report na lumabas sa konsultasyon ng halos 125,000 mamamayan
at grupo sa lungsod na sila ay “eager” sa universal suffrage. Pinayuhan niya
ang Beijing na kailangan ang mga pagbabago sa mini-constitution ng Hong
Kong para sa democratic reform, pinasimulan ang proseso na magpapahintulot
sa mga botante na bumoto ng susunod na lider ng lungsod sa 2017.
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 News Structure
A.LEAD
The lead summarizes the most newsworthy
points of the story in broad brushstrokes.

1.Keep leads short. Those with 35 words or less

are preferred.
Halimbawa 1:

Pagkakalooban ng libreng edukasyon sa pagsasaka ang lahat ng

agriculture at fisheries graduates kapag naging batas ang panukala
tungkol sa youth farming program.

Halimbawa 2

  Inilunsad na ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)

ang isang app para sa pagdririwang ng ika-100 anibersaryo ng Iglesia Ni
Cristo (INC).

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2. A lead paragraph limited to one sentence is
preferred.

Example
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Idineklara ng
World Health Organization noong Lunes na
malaya na sa Ebola ang Nigeria, isang
pambihirang tagumpay sa isang buwang
pakikipagdigma sa nakamamatay na sakit.
3. Never start leads with “WHEN” or “WHERE” unless
the time and place is unusual. Most leads start with
“WHO” or “WHAT”.

Weak start 
On Wednesday local rice watchdog urged provincial and local government
officials of typhoon-hit provinces in Mindanao to invest in early warning
system for agriculture, to protect communities and livelihood of farmers.

More Effective
A local rice watchdog on Wednesday urged provincial and local
government officials of typhoon-hit provinces in Mindanao to invest in
early warning system for agriculture, to protect communities and
livelihood of farmers.
4. Avoid beginning leads with “there or this.”

Faulty beginning
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There is an autobiographical
documentary by one of America's best known immigrants living
in the U.S. illegally has opened an independent film festival in his
home country of the Philippines to applause, laughter and tears.

Correct
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An autobiographical documentary
by one of America's best known immigrants living in the U.S.
illegally has opened an independent film festival in his home
country of the Philippines to applause, laughter and tears.
5. In leads about future events, the time, day and
the place usually go at the end of the paragraph.
Faulty beginning
ATLAS Consolidated Mining and Development
Corporation on Friday announced plans to buy out its
Singapore-based partners so the Philippine listed
company can fully own its copper mining unit.

Correct
ATLAS Consolidated Mining and Development
announced plans to buy out its Singapore-based
partners so the Philippine listed company can fully own
its copper mining unit on Friday.
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6. Never use quotation leads.

Example
“It is a sad day for Philippine science.
Misinformed, misguided people are denying
our poor farmers and consumers the benefits of
good science,” Dr. Emil Javier, president of the
NAST.
• Quick exercise
Write a lead paragraph with the following
information. Remember to use
the AP style structure.

- A typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines

- It happened on Wednesday
- It caused 20 deaths, knocking out power in entire
provinces
- It has damage two parked jetliners
- Nearly half a million people were forced to flee from its
lethal wind and rains
6. In leads about past events, the day (date) of the
event usually appear before or after the verb.
Sometimes the day (date) comes at the end of
the first sentence or the paragraph if it is one
sentence lead.
Example: announced on Monday or
On Monday announced
 BODY
7. Keep paragraph short. Those limited to 35
words or less are preferred.
8. Paragraph limited to one to two sentences are
preferred (but one sentence is enough)
9. Each paragraph should contain only one idea.
10. Remember short paragraphs encourage
readers to continue reading.
Example 1:
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked
P192 million for its community seed bank (CSB) and
seed production to enable farmers to produce their
own requirement or certified seeds every cropping
season.
In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Proseso Alcala
said the program, which forms part of the national
food staples suffering will empower organized
farmer’s groups and cooperatives to produce their
own certified inbreed rice seeds out of the registered
rice seeds that will be distributed to them for free.
Here’s
how?
Example 2:
The Philippines will start imputation of white and
yellow rice, the Department of Education of
Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday.

Dr. Clarito Darna, DA Bureau of …..

Here’s
how?
11. Eliminate that.
Example:
Meanwhile, Alcala said they may seek additional
budget from the…..

12. For past events, report it happened “Friday” not last

Friday. Eliminate the word last. While for future
events it will happen “ Monday” no next Monday.
Eliminate he word next.
13. Eliminate the “be verbs”
Example: She will resign instead “She will be resigning.”
Here’s
how?
13. Avoid the contractions “he’d” and “they’d”
14. Always double check the spelling of names.
15. Make sure number matches the tense listed.
16. Write. Rewrite. Revise. Rewrite. Revise. Edit.
Rewrite. Edit. Edit.
17. Read the story out to loud to catch the awkward
statements.
18. Use the Third Person (She, He, It, its, her, him, hers)
Associated Press (AP Style in News Writing)
James Konstantin Galvez

1. Who – Sino ang nagsabi?

2. What – Ano ang nasabi?
3. So what – Ano ang kahalagahan nito sa
lipunan o balita
Mga Kailangang Tandaan sa Filipino

1. Huwag gagamitin ang “ay.”

Halimbawa: Ang bata ay tumalon.
2. Magsimula sa pandiwa (verb)
Halimbawa: Tumalon ang bata.
3. Gamiting ang active voice.
Thank you for Listening!
Happy Writing.