School-based Training

on Campus Journalism

News Writing/Pagsulat ng Balita

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School Paper Adviser
 Anong Balita?

■Ano-ano ang mga

isyu sa bansa na
iyong nabalitaan
kagabi o sa mga
nagdaang araw?
 What is news?

• Recent information

• Current events

• Information about events, people,

or issues that the public wants or
needs to know
Structure of News
Components Description
1. Primary or Usually a single paragraph, it contains
main lead the four “Ws” (what, who, where,
when)
2. Secondary or This portion explains or complements
support lead the main lead.
3. Details or It gives flesh to the story. All available
particulars facts are included here especially those
that would answer “W” (why) and one
‘H” (how)

4. Background Relevant past events are recounted

and incorporated in this portion of the
story.
 Which can be
considered news?
Pair 1
A. Lisa Reyes came late for the afternoon class
yesterday because while she walked to school a
group of person caught her attention because
they were holding placards that said the mayor
should step down due to misuse of government
funds.

B. Some residents of Baler town in the

province of Aurora called for the resignation of
its municipal mayor Dino Ferrer due to alleged
misuse of funds.
B. Some residents of Baler
town in the province of
Aurora called for the
resignation of its municipal
mayor Dino Ferrer due to
alleged misuse of funds.
Pair 2
A. Three persons were injured due to
collision of two tricycles along Rivera
Street yesterday morning.

B. It was scary to see two tricycles

colliding each other along Rivera Street
yesterday. The collision injured three very
young students in a very exclusive school
for boys.
Pair 2
A. Three persons were injured
due to collision of two
tricycles along Rivera Street
yesterday morning.
Pasig fire kills 3 children
 Main Lead

Three children were killed in

a fire that destroyed two houses
in Pasig City Monday morning.
 Support Lead
The children, aged seven, two, and four
year, were left sleeping inside their house
on San Isidro Street, Centennial 2,
Nagpayong 2, Barangay Pinagbuhatan,
when the blaze started.
 Details
Initial investigation showed
that the mother was boiling
water when she left the house
to buy pandesal. The house
was reportedly on fire when
she returned minutes later.
 Details

Senior Fire Officer 4 Eduardo

Rosales said the bodies of the three
children were found during the
clearing operation.
 Background

The fire started at 6:27 a.m and

was declared fire out at 6:53 a.m.
Honest garbage collector returns P500k he found in
trash can
A garbage collector, despite his own needs, turned over to
authorities half a million pesos he found in a trash can.
Emmanuel Romano was collecting trash inside a subdivision
in Baliuag, Bulacan when he found a plastic bag.
When he opened it, he found P500,000 in cash.
After his work day was done, he went to the barangay office
to turn over the money.
The owner of the money was full of gratitude for what
Romano did. According to her, her husband threw the plastic bag
thinking it was garbage.
Grab rider who attends online classes goes viral

A Grab food courier went viral on social media after he

was photographed taking a break from delivering food in order
to attend online classes.
Ax Valerio, a 21-year old, was working as a food courier
for Grab when he made a brief stop in a parking lot at a
Parañaque shopping mall to attend to his online classes, using
his mobile phone in the middle of the pandemic.
“Kasi bonus points pag umattend ng klase,” Valerio told
News5, adding his work as a Grab food delivery helps keep him
in school at Adamson University in Manila.
Grab rider who attends online classes goes viral

A communication arts student, Valerio has been working

for more than a year as a rider to help his family while still
continuing his classes.
Valerio said he had to find ways to support his schooling
by himself, since his mother could not work anymore while his
father had a stroke.
While snaking his way around the city to deliver food, he
tries to squeeze in his classes five times a week.
“Para sa akin hindi hadlang para itigil ang pag-aaral.
Hangga’t may pagkakataon para mag-aral gagawin ko,” he said.
Grab rider who attends online classes goes viral

Valerio’s dream is to be a filmmaker. He started as a

theater actor in his barangay, and eventually grew to love short
films.
“Kaya yun yung kinuha kong course, gusto kong maging
direktor at makapagpasaya ng tao,” he said.
Valerio’s photo immediately went viral. The rider shared
that many people contacted him, offering to provide support.
 Workshop

• Read the following

details of the news.

• Write a news and its

headline based on the
following information.
(1) She studies at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina in the Philippines.

(2) She is a Jollibee service crew.

(3) She was pictured studying on the floor of a Jollibee stockroom.

(4) She is now able to do her online classes even while she is at work instead of
having to commute to her job and her school.

(5) Agravante’s co-workers admired her hard work and determination to study,
despite the circumstances.

(6) She only asks permission to take a break so she can attend the online classes as
scheduled.

(7) She has gone viral after she was pictured taking a break from work to attend her
online classes.
(9) She is juggling time for her duty hours at work and her class hours
back in school.
(10) “Every time na umaattend ka ng online class na naka uniform ka
sobra kaming ginanahang mag tropa. Sobrang nakaka proud kasi kahit
walang maayos na table and internet connection gumagawa ka pa rin ng
way,” wrote one of her co-workers, Jirah Nicolas.
(11) She is a graduating student taking up Business Administration,
major in Marketing.
(12) Jan Dominique Agravante is taking advantage of this year’s online
classes.
(13) Thousands of netizens also showered her with praise.
(14) “Walang nakakapagod sa pagtupad ng pangarap,” said Jan
Dominique Agravante.