ELEMENTS THAT

MAKE NEWS
 ◦ Acquaint with the elements of news
◦ Identify the different type of news stories
LESSON
according to scope or origin, chronology
OBJECTIVES
or sequence, structure, and other forms
◦ Familiarize the factors essential to news

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What is news?

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 1.
NEWS DEFINED
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.
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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.

-Jenina

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 Fearful scarlet tongues arose to the star-
studded heavens and licked greedily at the
doomed edifice while the brave firefighters
risked their all to quench the terrible
conflagration.

-Clarence
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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 eighth

month. So I bet in the “jueteng” 8-8, “Pompiang.”

-Mrs. De Castro
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A fire of undetermined origin razed to the ground a
three-story apartment of Ishmael Garcia of 164-B
Recto St., last night.

Four fire companies subdued it within an hour. The

damage, estimated at P100,000 was covered by
insurance.

-Editor Cruz

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Now, what is news? What are
its qualities that make it
interesting to the reader?

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Elements of News
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Types of News
Stories
 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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 ◦ Here you have a list of items
◦ And some text
THIS IS A ◦ But remember not to overload your
SLIDE TITLE slides with content
Your audience will listen to you or read the
content, but won’t do both.

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6. Minor Forms
a. News brief – a short item of news interest, written
like a brief telegraphic message, giving mainly the
result with details.
b. News bulletin – it is similar to the lead of a straight
news story. Its aim is just to give the gist of the news.
c. News-featurette – this is a short news-feature
usually used as fillers, e.g., “Quirks in the news.”
d. Flash – A bulleting that conveys the first word of an
event.

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Questions?