Defining News

News is an interesting story of events (what

they mean and how they affect people), people
(how and why they matter to other people),
places, animals, things, and ideas (how they af-
fect people).
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 Finding the Right Angle
Conflict
Immediacy or Timeliness
Proximity or Nearness
- geographical
nearness
- nearness by
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 Finding the Right Angle
Prominence
Significance
Oddity or Unusualness
Drama
Romance and Adventure
Progress and Change
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Structuring Fact, Policy, or Program News
1 Gist
2 Reason + Source
3 Elaboration of the Fact, Policy, or Program
4 Other Information
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GIST

1 Cabanatuan City banned disposable plastic

shopping bags in the entire city.

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Reason + Source
City Ordinance 015-2012 or Plastic Ban

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Policy, which was released yesterday,
prohibits shops and supermarkets in using
plastic bags in selling dry goods as part of
growing efforts across the nation to reduce
garbage that worsens flooding.
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Elaboration of the Fact, Policy, or Program
Plastic in selling fish and meat is

3 limited and shall only be allowed for

first wrap- ping of wet goods.
Consumers are given the option of using
paper bags, baskets, bayong, cloth bags or
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Other Information
Consumers, shops and supermarkets who

4 will be caught distributing and using plas-

tic will pay fines from P500 to P5,000
with respective community service and
imprisonment based on the frequency of
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GIST

Tuluyan nang ipinagbawal ng pamu-

1 nuan ng Camp Tinio Elementary School

(CTES) ang pagsusunog ng basura na nag-
ing gawain na sa paaralan sa mahabang
panahon.
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Reason + Source

Ipinag-utos ng bagong punong-guro ng

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CTES na si Gng. Julie De Guzman na itigil
na ang pagsusunog ng basura dahil bukod
aniya sa labag ito sa batas ay nakasasama pa
ito sa kalikasan at kalusugan ng mga mag-
aaral at mamamayang nakatira malapit sa
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Elaboration of the Fact, Policy, or Program
Bunsod nito, ay istriktong ipatutupad ang
paghihiwa-hiwalay ng mga basurang plastic,

3 papel, at dahon. Isasakong magkahiwalay

ang basurang plastic at papel na kokolekta-
hin ng barangay worker araw-araw. Manana-
tili naman sa garbage facility ng paaralan ang
24 mga dahon upang maging matabang lupa.
Other Information
“Hinihikayat ko ang mga mag-aaral na tu-
mulong sa pagsasakatuparan ng adhikaing

4 ito sa pamamagitan ng pagdadala ng sakong

pagsisidlan ng mga plastik at papel,” wika ni
Gng. De Guzman sa kick-off ceremony ng
naturang polisiya.
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