Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Campus Journalism Workshop
Campus Journalism Workshop
Campus Journalism Workshop
Journalism
Workshop
Topics for coverage
NEWSWRITING COPYEDITING
What makes for news? What is copyediting?
Sources for news How does it differ from news
Basics and structure of news writing?
writing Grammar, syntax, spell checking
Elements of news AP Stylebook
Kinds of news
Topics for coverage
FEATURE WRITING
What is a feature story?
What is the difference between
a news and a feature story?
Newswriting
“
The whole idea of … any
kind of news is to inform
people about things they
need to know about.
Ted Turner
Founder of CNN
What is news?
◈ Information about current events
◈ Not previously known to the general public
◈ Seeks to interest, educate or entertain readers
◈ Should be accurate and factual
What makes for news?
◈ Is it new?
◈ Is it unusual?
◈ Is it interesting?
◈ Is it significant?
◈ Is it about people?
Elements of news
◈ What is news?
◈ Why is it news?
◈ Why is it published?
Elements of news
Timeliness Black
◈ Did it happen recently? Is the color of coal, ebony,
◈ “New” and fresh and of outer space. It is the
information darkest color, the result of
the absence of or complete
absorption of light.
Elements of news
Currency
◈ Related to something
else in the news
◈ What is already on
people’s minds
Elements of news
Conflict
◈ War, election
◈ Daily challenges
◈ Generally refers to
anything with element
of struggle
Elements of news
Consequence
◈ Does it have an impact
on other people’s lives?
Elements of news
Prominence
◈ Famous people
◈ Elected officials,
celebrities, “viral”
people
Elements of news
Proximity
◈ Geographical location
◈ News of importance to
locals
Elements of news
Human interest
◈ ‘Human face’
◈ Entertainment,
interesting stories
Elements of news
Oddity
◈ Strange stories
◈ Weird, unusual
Which element of news is seen here?
Timeliness • Currency • Conflict • Consequence • Prominence • Proximity • Human Interest • Oddity
◈ Classroom stories
◈ Election stories
◈ Enrolment
◈ School organizations
◈ Meetings
◈ School improvement
◈ Student councils
◈ Outreach activities
◈ Program/events
◈ School achievements
◈ Honor students
◈ School pride
Sources for school news
◈ Principals
◈ Teachers
◈ Teacher assistants
◈ Staff
◈ Student leaders
◈ Common students
Headline writing
Principles of headline writing
Drophead
Kicker
Headline writing
DOS DON’TS
Always put an action verb Don't use articles of speech (a, an, the)
Use present tense even for past events Don't split a verb phrase
Future tense for future events Don't split a preposition and object
Do not abbreviate days of the week or month Don't separate adjective and noun
Substitute a comma (,) for conjunction and Don't split names
Single quote marks Do not begin with a verb, preposition, article
Use active voice or conjunctions
Don’t spell out figures
Headline vocabulary
Transition
Direct quote
The lede
HARD SOFT
Goes straight into the most Attempts to be funny/witty/poignant/
important point suspenseful; creative but does NOT
editorialize
MANILA—A train of the Metro
Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) stopped ILOILO CITY—An ordinance passed by
and unloaded its passengers the city council just recently offered what
after one of its seats caught fire could be the biggest push for people on a
on early Monday. diet and those trying to lower their
carbohydrate intake—smaller rice
servings in restaurants.
Different kinds of novelty ledes
Astonisher lede
What a surprising turn of events!
Contrast lede
He used to be a sophomore dropout from Harvard Law. Now, Mark
Zuckerberg is one of the richest men on earth, whose name has become
synonymous with the most famous website in the planet: Facebook.
Epigram lede
Like father, like son. This was how the Office of the Ombudsman described
the twin sentencing of former President Joseph Estrada and his son,
Jinggoy, for the charges of plunder and graft on Monday.
Different kinds of novelty ledes
Picture lede
Students and faculty had to duck for cover as heavy rain and strong winds
tore apart the roofs of their dilapidated classrooms.
Background lede
For 70 years, the town of Penafrancia in Bicol region has been home to
“Ina,” patroness of Bicolandia.
Quotation lede
“We might as well decriminalize plunder.” This was Sen. Leila de Lima’s
sentiment after...
The body