Can you solve these scrambled

letters?

Can you solve these scrambled

letters?

MSJROLAUNI

JOURNALISM

PCASUM

CAMPUS

PRSOLAPCOHE

SCHOOLPAPER

WWRETINSGIN

NEWSWRITING

ITEUAIWFRETRNG

FEATURE WRITING

Let’s learn something about:

1.Journalism and Campus Journalism compared

2. News (attributes, types, sources, and structure)

3. Newswriting

4. Feature Writing

5. Some basic tips

JOURNAL root word of journalism

DIURNAL

Latin word meaning

daily

EARLYJOURNALISM

EARLYJOURNALISM

ROMEActa Diurna - daily eventsActa Publica- public events

EGYPT•heralds & town criers

CHINA•wood blocks

PHILIPPINES•umalohokan

JOURNALISMscience & art of writing the

daily events

the business of managing, editing, or writing for newspapers, journals, or magazines

JOURNALISMscience & art of writing the

daily events

the business of managing, editing, or writing for newspapers, journals, or magazines

CAMPUS JOURNALISMor school paper as we call it

“… a co-curricular activity of the school which involves collecting, organizing, and presenting news; writing editorials, columns, literary articles, and features; copyreading, proofreading, dummying, and writing headlines.”

CAMPUS JOURNALISMor school paper as we call it

“… a co-curricular activity of the school which involves collecting, organizing, and presenting news; writing editorials, columns, literary articles, and features; copyreading, proofreading, dummying, and writing headlines.”

Why CAMPUS JOURNALISM?

Why CAMPUS JOURNALISM?

AID

students school

community

CAMPUS JOURNALISMCAMPUS JOURNALISM

functions

1. Information2. Opinion3. Education4. Watchdog5. Laboratory6. Documentation7. Entertainment8. Developmental

NEWSNEWSNews is an accurate and timely

account of an idea, issue, or event that affects a significant

number of people.

based on facts

immediate past

opinion of a prominent persontransforms into a policycould improve a system

affects many people, especially the target audience

involves the school, its administration, faculty, students, and alumni

Now that’s what we call

NEWSWORTHINESS!

NEWS VALUESNEWS VALUES• timelinessschool paper is more of a chronicler of the immediate past

• significanceto those connected to the school

• proximitygeographical and/or psychological

• prominencefame of persons, events, places, things

• oddityemotional, involves conflict, unusual events

“ If a dog bites a man, that is not news; but if a man bites a dog, then that is news.”

Charles Anderson Dana, 1982Editor, New York Sun

on ODDITY

Types of News

•hard/straight•soft

Types of News

•hard/straight•soft

Other Types

• News Features• In-depth story• Follow-up story• Sidebar

Other Types

• News Features• In-depth story• Follow-up story• Sidebar

Let’s Practice.

Which of the following events/issues/ideas are newsworthy? Defend your answer by citing the news value/s or lack of the same.

Let’s Practice.

Which of the following events/issues/ideas are newsworthy? Defend your answer by citing the news value/s or lack of the same.

1. Fernando Zobel de Ayala donates dozens of computers to ECEC.

2. Xyris Salinas, a Grade 5 pupil, loses his wallet on his way to school.

3. The principal announces that he will retire next year.

4. The library set up a video section and acquired the latest DVDs of Filipino films.

5. Classrooms will be painted pink during the summer break.

News SourcesNews Sources

news beatsofficialsdocumentsanonymous sources

Methods of News Gathering

Methods of News Gathering

observinginterviewingresearching

essays

journalism structure

Inverted Pyramid

The Lead

Traditionally, 5 Ws and an H who, what, when, where, why, and how

These days, best W or H forward

What lead is this?

1. US President Barack Obama yesterday said that he will visit the Philippines in November.2. The oil price hike will trigger higher food prices,

economists from the University of the Philippines said in a symposium last Tuesday.

3. Ten days to go before the Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

4. Luneta Park was filled with g-string clad men last Saturday in an effort to raise awareness for cultural miniroties.

5. A broken water pipe was the cause for the flooding along Sikatuna Ave., Quezon City yesterday.

6. Using his bare hands to kill the snake, the soldier saved a six-year old boy from being bitten.

How does an effective lead look like?

• Single sentence with a single idea

• Emphasizes what is most newsworthy Juanita Cruz, 11, a student of Datu Bugna

Elementary School, died in a car accident along Balay Road yesterday.

An 11-year-old female student of Datu Bugna Elementary School died in a car accident along

Balay Road yesterday.

How does an effective lead look like?

• Reports the most recent development

A McDonald’s outlet in Cubao was held-up at around midnight by a lone gunman.

A man was apprehended by police at dawn for allegedly robbing a McDonald’s outlet in

Cubao.

How does an effective lead look like?

• Action-oriented

Results of a survey showing Filipinos’ perception on government corruption was released by the Social Weather Station yesterday.

The Bureau of Customs was deemed the most corrupt by Filipinos, a survey by the Social Weather Station revealed yesterday.

Work on this:

see hand out (page 24)

Effective NewswritingEffective Newswriting

ClarityConcisenessCorrectnessCredibilitycompleteness

Claritylogical order

simplicity of words correctness of

sentence structure

COMPLEX WORDS

COMMON WORDS

conflagration fire

terminate end

purchase

facilitate help

endeavor try

summon

enormous

inundate flood

Active Voice over Passive Voice except…

when the direct object is more important than the subject

The new Audio Visual room will be finished next month, said the engineer.

Conciseness

complete information

but not too wordyUses no empty words

no redundancy

WORDY TIGHT

in the company of with

at the present time

a sufficient amount of time

enough

in the vicinity of

during the period from

put in an appearance

came

in the event that

was the recipient of

in spite of the fact that

despite

over the period of during

What’s wrong with these?1. PNoy wore color

yellow shirts as a symbol of democracy.

2. My mother’s picture frame is square not rectangular in shape.

Correctness

Technical correctnesssructure, grammar, and style

Conceptual correctness

accuracy of data

• Basics of good writing• Coherence• Spellings• Quotes• Numbers

Credibility andCompleteness

•Right sources for the news

•Fairness•Completeness of info/data

WRITING FEATURESTORIESWRITING FEATURESTORIES

A STYLE OF WRITING THAT TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF REALITY, WHETHER IT IS ABOUT A CURRENT EVENT, A TREND, OR A PERSON.

SOFT NEWS

FACTS AND FEELINGS

INFORMS AND ENTERTAINS

INVERTED PYRAMID OR LITERARY FORM

•Types of FeaturesTypes of Features news feature <in-depth news>

profile <person, place>

trend story < fashion, lifestyle>

historical feature <importance/relevance of a significant event>

human interest < emotional & heartbreaking>

service feature < “news you can use”>

Some basic tips

1. always bring along your reporter’s notebook.

2. always have a nose for news. 3. always be keen yet careful

Work on this:

Write a 700-word personality profile on your favorite teacher.

Here, you’ll practice interviewing and writing a story.

Enjoy!