FOUR PICS

ONE WORD
 What is NEWS?

 A timely and factual narration of

past, present and future event.
(Ceciliano Jose-Cruz)
 An accurate and timely account
of an idea, issue or event that
affects a significant number of
people. ( Rachel E. Khan)
 Qualities of News
 Accuracy-correct statements, names, figures,
etc.
 Objective-does not take side
 Factual- actual persons and events
 Balance-gives proper emphasis on each fact in
relation to other facts; gives attention to both
sides in a controversial issue.
 Concise-short enough to contain the most
important facts
 Timely-refers to the freshness or immediacy of
events
Elements of News
 Prominence
 Proximity
 Immediacy
 Oddity
 Human interest
 Conflict
 Names
 Numbers and Statistics
 Romance and Adventure
 Elements of News
 Significance
 Change and Development
 Animals
 Calamity
 General Kinds of News
 Straight News – the data are
presented in direct fashion using
the summary lead. (also called
hard news)
 News feature – the data are
presented indirectly through the
use of novelty lead. (also called
soft news)
 Tips in News Writing
 Write the news as soon as you have gathered the
facts.
 List down the facts according to their decreasing
importance.
 Highlight the most important data as your lead.
 Write the full name of the person/organization when
first mentioned. Thereafter, use only the surname
or any appropriate title of the person and acronym
for the organization.
 Attribute authority or source of news to strengthen
the credibility of the news story and to protect the
newspaper from libel suit.
 Tips in News Writing
 Identify names mentioned. If the person has
several identifications, use the one relevant to
the facts of the story.
 Avoid editorializing.
 Be objective
 Make short paragraphs. Write one-idea, one
sentence paragraph.
 Use simple words.
 Use short sentences but vary their length. Do
not involve yourself in the news by using the
first person.
 Tips in News Writing
 Prefer the active to the passive voice.
 Present both sides of the persons involved in
the news.
 Place direct and indirect quotation separately
in paragraphs.
 Numbers from 1 to 9 should be written in
word.
 Numbers 10 and above should be in
numerical form.
 Do not start the sentence with numerical
figure. Have it in word.
THE INVERTED TRIANGLE

Lead
Inverted Pyramid Structure
 The news is written in
inverted pyramid form. The
most important facts are
placed at the beginning. The
other details are given in
succeeding paragraphs.
Advantages of Inverted Pyramid
Structure
 It facilitates reading. By reading the
lead, one can already get the news he
wants to know.
 It facilitates newspaper make-up. In
case of lack of space, the layout editor
can delete the least important
paragraphs at the bottom.
 It facilitates headline writing. The copy
editor can already prepare the headline
of the story from the lead.
 The Lead
 The lead is the story’s opening
sentence or two.
 In straight news, it tells the most
important facts of the story.
 In a feature article or news feature, it
could be a word, a phrase, a
sentence or a paragraph that attracts
and sustains the reader’s interest.
 Classification of Lead
1. Summary Lead. It answers the five W’s
and one H ( who, what, when, where, why
and how). The story is presented using
the inverted pyramid form where the
most important data are in the first and
second paragraph. This is used in straight
news.
2. Novelty lead. It attracts the reader’s
attention, arouses his curiosity and
sustains his interest. It is used in writing a
news feature.
 Kinds of Summary Lead
1. What Lead
Landslides and floods brought by
heavy monsoon rains in Southern Luzon
have killed at least five people, as
soldiers on rubber boats rushed food and
relief supplies to nearly 200,000 affected
residents, officials said yesterday.
 Kinds of Summary Lead
2. Who lead
Inmates of Davao del Norte
provincial jail staged a noise barrage
early yesterday, calling for the ouster of
two jail guards they accused of
committing abuses, prison officials said.
 Where lead
Kinds of Summary Lead

3.

Subic hosted the annual National

Schools Press Conference on April
7-10, 2014 attended by elementary
and secondary school campus
journalists and school paper advisers
of the 17 regions of the Philippines.
 Kinds of Summary Lead
4. When Lead (seldom used)
February 14 is the deadline for the submission
of the nomination forms of the 2014 Metrobank
Foundation Search for Outstanding Teachers.
5. Why lead
To bring the services of the government to the
doorsteps of its constituents, Sangguniang
Panglunsod of General Santos City yesterday
launched the “City Hall sa Barangay”.
 Kinds of Summary Lead
5. How Lead
By installing more closed-circuit cameras
in Manila malls, sending out guards with
dogs and setting up checkpoints, police
acted on the warning of a senior official of a
possible terrorists’ attack in the capital
following a ferry bombing in Zamboanga
City that killed 30 people yesterday.
 Quake hits China, 35
killed
A powerful earthquake flattened farming villages
near the Great Wall of China on Tuesday killing
35 people and leaving tens of thousands
homeless.
Officials of Beijing mobilized rescue team
operations while volunteers established
evacuation centers to provide temporary shelter.
The displaced victims were too numerous to fit
the schools prepared for the purpose.
The United Nations is sending relief goods to
meet the needs of the victims.
Let’s practice!
Write a straight news story based on the ff. facts:
 Head-on collision between a passenger bus and a
delivery truck in San Pablo City, Laguna.
 The incident happened yesterday.
 The victim: Gerald Remedios, a resident of Brgy.
Antipolo, Lipa City, Batangas.
 The victim died instantly while the bus driver,
Sherwin Roman was injured in the left thigh.
 Three other passengers of the truck and 14 bus
passengers were also injured.
 Senior Supt. Manolito Labrador identified the fatality.
 Police said a Raymond Transit Bus ( TWX 454) was
traversing the Maharlika Highway and was about to
overtake another vehicle when it collided on the
oncoming delivery truck.
1 dead, 18 hurt
in bus-truck collision
A passenger died and 18 others were wounded in a
head-on collision between a passenger bus and a
delivery truck in San Pablo City, Laguna yesterday,
police said.
Senior Superintendent Manolito Labrador identified the
fatality as Gerald Remedios, a resident of Brgy.
Antipolo, Lipa City, Batangas.
Labrador said a Raymond Transit Bus,TWX 454 was
traversing the Maharlika Highway and was about to
overtake another vehicle when it collided on the
oncoming delivery truck.
The victim died instantly while the bus driver identified
as Sherwin Roman was injured in the left thigh.
Three other passengers of the truck and 14 bus
passengers were also injured.
Evaluation
Write a straight news story based on the following information:

 A banca capsized at Laguna Bay due to big waves brought

about by heavy rains.
 The incident happened on Tuesday in Binangonan, Rizal.
 3 died and were identified as Joemar Radam, 18 years old,
of Cainta, Riza; Junie Barroso, 35, and Bernard Mondalis,
40 of San Carlos City, Pangasinan.
 Police said the victims came from a fiesta celebration from
Talim Island.
 They were on their way home when the banca they were in
sank off the coast of Laguna Bay about 700 meters away
from Pritil warf at 4:20 a.m.
 Passengers were rushing to get hold of life vests when the
banca tilted to its side and capsized.
 The banca is loaded with more than 40 passengers.
Banca capsizes, 3 killed
Three persons were killed when a banca
loaded with more than 40 passengers capsized
in Laguna Bay at Binangonan, Rizal,Tuesday.
The victims were identified as Joemar
Radam, 18 of Cainta, Rizal; Junie Barroso, 35
and Bernard Mondalis, 40 of San Carlos City,
Pangasinan.
Police said the victims came from a fiesta
celebration from Talim Island and were on their
way home when the banca they were riding
sank off the coast of Laguna Bay about 700
meters away from Pritil warf at 4:20 a.m.
Passengers were rushing to get hold of life
vests when the banca tilted to its side and
capsized due to big waves brought about by
THANK YOU…
ROGELIO D. DELA CRUZ
SPA, SFSES
CABIAO DISTRICT