News Writing

ANALYN C. PONTING
Learning Facilitator

Ppt ctto: Rhona Liza P. Arce

Objectives:
A. Acquire knowledge of what news writing
is.
B. Acquaint with the different types of news.
C. Acquaint with the elements and tips in
writing a news.
D. Acquire knowledge of what lead is.
E. Acquaint with the different types of lead
F. Write a news story
Form a word out of the jumbled
letters.

DELA

LEAD
TLUACTFA

FACTUAL
ETRAUCAC

ACCURATE
DESAIBNU

UNBIASED
LUFUTHTR

TRUTHFUL
 Read the situation:
The clanging of the Manila Fire
Department trucks one night attracted a
throng of spectators, among them Jenina
Cruz, eight years old, a second grader;
Clarence Manuel,17, a high schooler;
Priscilla Castro, a housewife; and Warren
Cruz, editor of the Torchbearer of the
PNU Laboratory School.
 The four spectators wrote the incident.

Jenina:
I saw a fire. It was a big red fire. It
burned a house. There were many people
around. Some men put water on the fire.
Clarence:
Fearful scarlet tongues arose the star-
studded heavens and licked greedily at the
doomed edifice while the brave firefighters
risked their all to quench the terrible
conflagration.
Mrs. De Castro:
I happened to see the most interesting
fire in our neighbourhood last night. There
were many fire trucks called and they were
able to extinguish it, but it required much
effort. It probably cost the people who
owned the house a good deal of money.
The date was August 8. August is the 8th
month. So I bet in the “jueteng” 8-8.
Warren Cruz:
A fire of undetermined origin razed to
the ground a three-storey apartment of
Ishmael Garcia of 164-B Recto St. last
night.
Four fire companies subdued it within an
hour. The damage, estimated at Php
100,000 was covered by insurance.
 What is news?
News is an oral or written report of past, present,
or future event.
Qualities of a News Story
 Factual
 Truthful
 Accurate
 Unbiased
 Interesting
 Rules in Writing a News Story
1. It should be current events.
2.One idea, one paragraph.
3.Use active voice.
4.Avoid using adjectives and adverbs
5.Objective not subjective.
6.VIP’s opinion not writer’s opinion.
7.Headline is written in a present tense
while the body is in a past tense of the
verb.
8.It is written from the most important
facts to the least. (Inverted Pyramid)
 Tips in Writing a News Story
1. Gather important data, arrange the facts
according to their importance and eliminate all
unnecessary details.
2. Dig out the lead facts and put the best W’s and H
forward.
3. Write the story right away.
4. Play up the dominant points.
5. Avoid editorializing and writing libelous
materials.
6. Write the names in full when they are mentioned
for the first time.
7. Identify the names mentioned.
8. Watch out for errors of facts and grammar.
9. Observe the guidelines of clear and effective
writing.
 Elements of News
1. Conflict – This may involve physical or mental
conflict.
2. Immediacy or Timeliness- It emphasizes the newest
angle of the story.
3. Proximity or Nearness-This may refer to geographical
nearness as well as to nearness of kinship or interest.
4. Prominence- Some people are prominent than
others by reason of wealth, social position, or
achievements. Prominence may refer also to places
or things.
5. Significance- whatever is significant to the life of an
individual is interesting to him.
6. Names- Important names make important
news.
7. Number- Sweepstakes numbers, election
results, scores in games, casualties, fatalities,
price of goods,etc.
 TYPES OF NEWS
STORIES
News stories may fall under any of the following
types according to:
I. Scope or Origin
a) Local News
b) National News
c) Foreign News
II. Treatment
a) Fact Story- This is a plain exposition setting forth a
single situation or series of closely related facts that
inform. It is written in the inverted pyramid style.
b) Action Story-A narrative of actions involving not
mere simple facts but also of dramatic events,
description of persons and events(testimony of
witnesses) as well as explanatory data.
c) Speech Report/Quote Story- A news story usually
written from a public address, talks, and speeches.
d) Interview Story- A news report written from an
interview.
III. Content
a) Routine Stories
b) Police Reports
c) Science News
d) Sport Stories
SCHOOL NEWS

• Facts and information that has meaning to the

readers
• Anything that concerns the school, its students, the
teachers, and parents
• Activities inside and outside the classroom:
1. worthwhile and extraordinary acts of
students
School News
Activities inside and outside the classroom:

2. Stories of success, conflicts or suspense

3. Anything that informs, entertains or sets
students, teachers or administrators thinking
about reforms and improvements
4. School convocations and other programs
5. Interviews of visiting personages
 WRITING THE
LEAD
EVERY NEWS STORY BEGINS with an
introduction called the lead.

Lead may be a single word, a phrase, a

clause, a brief sentence, an entire paragraph or
a series of paragraphs that tells the story in
capsule form.
 Kinds of Lead
I. Conventional or Summary Lead- this
kind of lead used in straight news answers
right away all or any of the 5 W’s and or the
H. It may be one of the following:
a) WHO Lead
President Duterte addressed to the Filipino
community in Kuwait during his state visit on June
28.
b) WHAT Lead
LAPG will be given to Grade 4 pupils on August
30 nationwide.
c) WHERE Lead
Philippines will be the host country for the next
Miss Universe pageant on December.
d) When Lead
November 28 will be the Division Schools Press
Conference at School of The Future, San Carlos City
to be participated by all campus journalists of the
59 elementary schools of San Carlos City Division.
e) WHY Lead
Because of poverty, 10% of the pupils’
enrolment dropped out from school last school
year. This was learned from SOF Principal
Richard G. Dolocanog.
f) HOW Lead
By appealing to the local school board, the
School of the Future was able to construct two
hand washing facilities.
II. Grammatical Beginning Lead-there are
times when the lead is introduced by a kind of
grammatical form which is usually a phrase or a
clause used to emphasize a feature.
a) Prepositonal phrase lead
With brooms and other cleaning equipment, Girl
Scouts of Bagonbon Elementary School cleaned the
barangay market in consonance with Barangay Captain
Juditha Juanillo’s CLEAN and Beautification Drive.
b) Infinitive phrase lead
To encourage learners, awards are given to those
who demonstrated exemplary skills in reading.
c) Participial phrase lead
Hoping to cop first place, the BES wood-
pushers honed up for the chess championship
games.
Dressed like priests, robbers were able to
enter the bank.
d) Gerundial phrase lead
Winning the lawn tennis trophy during the
Area Meet was Bagonbon Elementary School’s
best achievement of the year.
d) Clause Lead
Because September 9 was Osmeña Day, all
lessons dealt with the life of the late President
Sergio Osmeña Sr.
 Types of News Structure
1. Straight News Story
Summary Lead

Elaboration of a W

Elaboration of
Another W

Further
Elaboration
Rios Grabs the 1st NIR Ms. RSPC 2016 Crown, Sasing Lands On
10th Place On Photojournalism

Sofians copped awards during the recently concluded

Regional Schools Press Conference 2016 at Pavilion Hotel
, Bacolod City on October 28.
Alexandra Faye B. Rios, a sixth grader, clinched the
first NIR Ms. RSPC 2016 crown on Octoner 28 at Pavilion
Hotel, Bacolod City. Rios outsmarted and outclassed the
eight candidates from the different schools division of
Negros Island Region.
Rios also bagged all the minor awards: Best in Talent,
Best in Festival Costume, Best in Casual Attire, Best in
School Uniform, Best in Production Number.

Another SOFian brought honor to the school, Rizza Mae

C. Sasing, a sixth grader, snatched the 10th place on
Photojournalism-English category.
Rios Grabs the 1st NIR Ms. RSPC 2016 Crown, Sasing Lands On 10th Place On
Photojournalism

Sofians copped awards during the recently concluded Regional Schools

Press Conference 2016 at Pavilion Hotel , Bacolod City on October 28.Lead

Alexandra Faye B. Rios, a sixth grader, clinched the first NIR Ms. RSPC
2016 crown on November 10 at Pavilion Hotel, Bacolod City. Rios outsmarted
and outclassed the eight candidates from the different schools division of
Negros Island Region. Elaboration of the Who

Rios also bagged all the minor awards: Best in Talent, Best in Festival
Costume, Best in Casual Attire, Best in School Uniform, Best in Production
Number. Elaboration of the What and Who

Another SOFian brought honor to the school, Rizza Mae C. Sasing, a sixth
grader, snatched the 10th place on Photojournalism-English category.
Elaboration of the Who

“ We the school paper advisers of SOF were very proud of what we have
achieved for our school and for our schools division. We are hoping to
repeat this feat again next year”, Mrs. Arce said.
Further Elaboration
 Writeshop
• Mr. Richard G. Dolocanog, the school principal,
proposed to the PTA to have the school CCTV cameras
inside the school premises
• approved by the PTA, with its President Melissa M.
Silva
• the proposed project was realized on September 15
• 16 cameras were properly installed in the school
premises.
• installation of the CCTV cameras was part of the
program of the school on disaster preparedness.