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presented by Engr. Jhoana Ezekielle Fidel
HI, I'M JHOANA.
Licensed Mechanical Engineer

Editor-in-Chief
Thomasian Engineer Media
Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

News Editor
Thomasian Engineer Media
Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
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What is News Writing
main topics will
be the following:
How to start writing

Improving perspectives

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 AT IS NEWS WRITIN
WH G?
It is a prose style used for reporting in
newspapers, radio, and television.

It is concise, clear, accurate, and urgent.

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F NEW S ARTIC LES
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TV reportings, breaking news, and more.
 THE GOAL
F NE WS ARTICLES
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to deliver unbiased articulated facts to
the general public in a way that it is
understandable
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arts of a
e a d li
p
news article
It serves as the title of the article. It
is usually in the present tense and
summarizes the story with a few
words.
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news article

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e x a m ple
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th e le a d
parts f a
news article
opening paragraph that gives the
audience the most important
information of the news story in a
concise and clear manner, while still
maintaining the readers' interest.
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news article

e x a m ple
parts of a
news article

g o o d le a ds
parts of a
news article

e x a m ple
 s u p p o r tin g
parts of a paragraphs
news article
Paragraphs which follow the
lead. They develop the ideas
introduced by the lead, and give
more information in the form of
news references, details, quotes.
parts of a
news article

e x a m ple
 TO START WRITIN
HOW G?
the structure and the procedure.
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start the draft

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should live up to
its headline
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paragraphs should be I
flowy and coherent

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the characteristics to
take note

sentences should be
cohesive.

(similar ideas should be in one paragraph)

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do NOT bury new G
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details

NEW R T
reference related
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previous articles the characteristics to
take note

attribute properly
especially with
quotes
 AT IS NEWS WRITIN
WH G?
It is a prose style used for reporting in
newspapers, radio, and television.

It is concise, clear, accurate, and urgent.

 HAT M A
W OOD KE
If you think
sources are
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lying..... NEW R T
keep tabs of what
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the characteristics to
they are saying in all
take note
their interviews

fact check

challenge claims
 P E R S P E C TIV E S

ING ANGL ERPRETATION

FIND ES INT S
shifting the focus of the relaying the meaning of
event the event
 P E R S P E C TIV E S
NDING ANGLE ERPRETATION
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 FAKE NEW
IN A W O R L D F OF S
U L L

Pointing out false claims and asking

probing questions do not make a
journalist biased.

They make a journalist a journalist.

John Nery


BUT RE E R . . .
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No story is worth your life.

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