Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

JOURNALISM 8

Types of News
Quarter 2: Week 3

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Differentiate the various types of news stories

HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside other
tasks that will disturb you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple
instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have
fun!
1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in
every page of this module.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the
lessons. Writing enhances learning, that is important to develop
and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have
learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

Parts of the Module

● Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing
the lessons in the module.
● Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to
be mastered throughout the lesson.
● Looking Back - This section will measure what learnings and skills that
you understand from the previous lesson.
● Brief Introduction-This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
● Activities- These are activities designed to develop critical thinking and
other competencies. This can be done with or without a partner
depending on the nature of the activity.
● Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of
the lessons.
● Checking your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from the
lesson.
● Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 Lesson
3 Types of News Stories

EXPECTATION
S
Objectives:
• determine types of news stories;
• identify parts of a news story according to its structure; and
• arrange paragraphs of a news story according to structure.

PRETEST

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the BEST
ANSWER that fits the question. Write your answer in your Journalism notebook.

1. The news generally follows the ___________ structure of writing.

A. Pyramid
B. Inverted pyramid
C. Chronological Double Helix
D. Storytelling Model

2. The use of words in writing news article is:

A. Descriptive, flowery and colorful
B. Opinionated, persuasive and direct
C. Simple, precise and concrete
D. Simple, forceful and direct

3. The main objective of news is to:

A. Entertain
B. Inform
C. Interpret
D. Persuade

4. What is byline?
A. The person who wrote the article
B. The beginning of the actual article
C. The title of the news report
D. The end of the actual article

5. What is a quotation?
A. Dialogue which has these symbols ‘ ’ surrounding it
B. Another name for the headline of the article
C. The lead of the story
D. Dialogue that has these symbols “ ” surrounding it
 LOOKING BACK

What is news? List some of the words you can think of whenever you hear
or see the word in the diagram below.

NEWS

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

There are different kinds of news structures. The most common among
them are diagrammed and explained as follows:

1. Straight News: This type follows the inverted pyramid structure as it

answers the most prominent W’s of the story. The news reporter identifies
the most important details and include them in the summary lead. The
body of the story, written in diminishing importance includes elaboration
of other W’s and the H. It consists of short sentences, not more than 35
simple, easy-to-understand words.
 2. Action News: This is a narrative involving not merely simple
facts, but dramatic actions about a fire or accident or police report. It
usually contains description of persons, perhaps testimonies of witnesses,
as well as explanatory data.

In writing this kind of story, first write a summarizing lead in any appropriate
form. Relate the most important details in narrative or chronological form. Tell
the story again giving more details. Give sufficient attention to the elaboration of
important information, background and interpretation of witnesses. Each unit
must be closely interlocked.

3. Quotation/Quoted News (interview or speech): All quotations should be clear,

concise, relevant and effective. Writers should ramble through their stockpile
of quotes and choose only the best to include in the news story.
Use direct quotations to record the opinions, emotions, and unique
expressions of your sources. The lead may be a summarizing statement— the gist
of the speech or the most important quotation in the story as a direct quote.
REMEMBER •
•
• News articles are written in a structure generally known as the inverted
pyramid where the most newsworthy information goes at the beginning,
and less important details at the end of the story.
• The lead or the first paragraph contains a short, simple statement that
provides focus to the news story.
• Reporters do not include their opinion in news writing.

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Label the parts of news according to its structure indicated

in each number.

1. Straight news

2. Action
 3. Quotation

ACTIVITY 2

Directions: Identify the structure of news one reporter has to follow in order
to write following news articles. Write S for straight, Q for quotation or A for
action.

1. A carpenter was jailed after stabbing a vendor

2. The launching of School Bus Wifi Project by Globe Telecom and Manila
City government for public schools.

3. According to DOLE, Bahrain’s flexi-permit policy will ensure OFW

protection.

4. A police was shot dead in Cotabato

5. New ordinance on curfew hours set by Manila Mayor
6. 3 women was nabbed for 3M estafa
7. Duterte told Robredo: Do not add fuel to the fire
8. Isko welcomes transferees to Manila’s public schools
9. DepEd says self-learning modules are ‘quality assured’
10. Taguig fire displaces 24 families
 ACTIVITY 3

Directions: Read the following news stories and identify its type as STRAIGHT,
ACTION or QUOTATION.

_______________ 1. A man on a motorcycle was peppered with bullets unidentified

while traversing the highway in Balayan, Batangas, Monday morning.
Balayan town police chief Captain Jeffrey M. Dallo identified the fatality as
Rolando Bendaña.
Bendaña was shot dead in the vicinity of Bgy. Sambat at 11 a.m.
The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the body. He was declared
dead on arrival at the Metro Balayan Medical Center.
By Jojo C. Magsombol
People’s Tonight

_______________ 2. The City Government of Navotas has started the distribution of

calamity financial assistance to special education (SPED) students.
Some 326 SPED students received financial aid worth P1,000. Of this number,
307 are elementary, five are high school, and 14 are college students.
Beneficiaries are students who are registered in the Persons with Disabilities (PWD)
Students Educational Assistance/Scholarship of the city government.
“Providing and caring for people who are differently-abled, especially children
with special needs, is never easy. The pandemic and the long period of community
quarantine made it more difficult, health and money-wise,” Mayor Toby Tiangco said.
“We hope the financial assistance they received will help relieve their burdens
and motivate them to keep going,” he added.
By Edd Reyes
People’s Tonight

_______________ 3. The Department of Labor and Employment yesterday said

thousands of overseas Filipino workers stand to benefit from a revised policy of the
government of Bahrain which grants Flexi Work Permit to migrants beginning early
this month.
Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said the Philippine Overseas Labor Office
in Manama reported that the Arab state has reinforced its work permit system in an
effort to curb the mounting number of illegal migrant workers that led to many cases
of abuses.
“The new policy will provide added protection to over a thousand OFWs in
Bahrain who are holders of this type of visa,” he said.
By: Lee Ann P. Ducusin
People’s Tonight

_______________ 4. The Philippine National Police has recorded its 16th COVID-19
fatality as it registered 230 new cases since the week started, the Journal Group
learned yesterday.
The 16th fatality was a 52-year old Police Non-Commissioned Officer assigned
with the National Police Training Institute-National Training Center. The cop passed
away last August 17, according to the PNP Health Service.
As of yesterday, the PNP-HS said there were a total of 3,506 confirmed COVID-
19 cases in the PNP with 691 other policemen described as Probable Persons Under
Investigation and 2,689 others as Suspected PUIs.
 Since last March, a total of 2,521 police personnel who contracted the disease
have already recovered.
By Alfred P. Dalizon
People’s Tonight

_______________ 5. A security guard was killed by a lone unidentified gunman who

shot him in the head in Tondo, Manila the other day.
Jury Lopez, 22, a security guard at the Vitas Industrial Estate Association
located at Blk.12 Aroma ,Temporary Housing in Tondo and residing at Bldg.24
Ext.,Aroma,Vitas,Tondo, died instantly.
Investigation by PMMS Charles John Duran of the Manila Police District-
homicide section said that the incident took place around 2:30 a.m. at Blk. 12 at the
Aroma Temporary Housing near the corner of Mel Lopez Boulevard in Tondo.
It was learned that before the incident, the victim was having a drinking spree
with a visitor inside his home at around 1 a.m. Moments later, the victim boarded
his motorcycle to go to work but was shot by the said gunman.
An investigation is underway to establish the identity of the suspect and the
motive behind the killing.
By Itchie G. Cabayan
People's Tonight

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Directions: Read the following news stories below. Determine the arrangement
of paragraph according to the structure of each news type. Use 1-5 (1 being the first).

A. (Straight news)

106-year-old man from Baguio survives COVID-19

By Lauren Anuma, CNN Philippines

___ City Health Services Officer Dr. Rowena Galpo said the patient was released
“based on clinical evaluation and risk assessment by his attending physician at the
BGHMC.”

___ The hospital said he tested positive for the virus on October 9 and stayed in the
hospital for 13 days.

___ A 106-year-old man left the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center on
Tuesday, after beating COVID-19.

___ On Tuesday, Baguio City logged a total of 1,704 COVID-19 cases with 1,094
recoveries, 21 total deaths and 589 active or currently ill patients but the 65 new
infections were from Monday alone.

___ The centenarian from Barangay Irisan was welcomed by his daughter while
some nurses surprised him with a celebratory dance number.
 B. (Action)

2 hurt in Caloocan City fire

By CNN Philippines Staff

__The blaze in Ruby Ville Subdivision in Barangay 160, has been raised to third
alarm at around 8:12 a.m., the BFP said. This means that around 12 fire trucks
were needed to put out the fire. Also, eight houses were totally destroyed and three
more were partially gutted by the fire, the BFP said in its report.

__Those who were injured were identified as Apple Cleofas and Prince John Morilla.
Cleofas sustained a wound on his right toe while Morilla got a scrape on his back,
the BFP said.

__Two people were injured after a fire razed homes in Caloocan City, the Bureau of
Fire Protection (BFP) said Wednesday.

__The incident which started at around 7:30 a.m. in the room of a certain Annie,
caused P1.5 million in damage, fire fighters said. It was declared fire out at about
8:47 a.m., the BFP said.

__The cause of the fire is still under investigation, it added.

C. (Quotation)

No pork in 2021 budget — Velasco

__The proposed national budget for next year is pegged at P4.5 trillion or is 9.9
percent higher than the 2020 allocation.

__“Let me assure you, that there is no pork in the budget,” Velasco said.

__Last week, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the
House Bill 7277 or the General Appropriations Act of 2021.

__ “It’s not only infrastructure that we’re looking at when we talk about the budget.
. . we are also looking for the assistance that will be given to the people. Mga ayuda
iyan like livelihood, hospital assistance, financial assistance that are also included in
the budget na mas kinakailangan ng ating mga kababayan,” he added.

__Speaker Lord Allan Velasco assured the public that the 2021 national budget is
free from the controversial pork barrel.
 POST TEST

TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement is correct and F if it is wrong. Write your
answer in your notebook.

1. The order of a news article is headline, byline, lead and body (summary

paragraphs).

2. The byline is the person who wrote the news article.

3. News reports should be opinionated.

4. The quotation should be coming from a witness or authority figure.

5. Students have done an excellent job during pandemic –Briones

is an example of a straight news.

6. News reports are written to inform citizens of events happening in the world,

locally and internationally.

7. The lead should always answer all the 5W’s and H questions.

8. The ‘which’ question is part of the 5W’s.

9. Technology brings school home is an example of a headline.

10. Byline and the answers to 5W’s should be included in the first paragraph or

lead.
REFLECTIVE LEARNING

On the space provided below, write what you have learned in this lesson.
REFERENCES
1. Ceciliano, Jose C. Campus Journalism and School Paper Advising.
Manila: Rex Books Store, 1997
2. https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/
3. https://testmoz.com/320314
4. https://worksheetplace.com/
5. www.pinterest.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Writer: LOVELY T. ROY

Mariano Marcos Memorial High School

Editor/Reviewer: JONETH MARCELO AGGARI, MT 1

Validator: AYLA B. URREA, PSDS In-charge of Secondary

Journalism

Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim-Schools Division

Superintendent-Manila, Aida H. Rondilla-Chief Education Supervisor,
Lucky S. Carpio-EPS and Lady Hannah C. Gillo-Librarian II-LRMS
 Post Test
1. T
ACTION 5. 2. T
STRAIGHT 4. 3. F
QUOTATION 3. 4. T
STRAIGHT 2. 5. F
ACTION 1.
ACTIVITY 3
6. T
7. F
A 10. 8. F
Q 9. 9. T
S 8. 10. F
Q 7.
A 6.
S 5. Check Your
A 4. Understanding
Q 3.
S 2. STRAIGHT:
A 1. 3
ACTIVITY 2 4
1
5
2
ACTION:
3
2
1
4
5
QUOTATION:
4
2
3
5
1
Pretest
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
ACTIVITY 1
ANSWER KEY