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 heavy rains.
 THANK YOU…
ROGELIO D. DELA CRUZ
SPA, SFSES
CABIAO DISTRICT