News: One of Journalism Products

Pertemuan 01 - 02

Matakuliah : O0394 – Teknik Reportase dan News CasterTahun : 2010

Learning Objectives

This session is aimed at taking a glimpse of

news as an essential product of journalism,

the types of news and how news relates with

mass media. This part will be the first

discussion before entering the discussion on

reporting and newscaster techniques.

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NEWS of Today (1/6)

The varied definitions of news

Doug Newsom and James A Wollert, in Media Writing:

News for the Mass Media:

News is anything that people need to know.

Delivering news means giving the required information

to the people.

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NEWS of Today (2/6)

Paul De Massener, in Here’s The News: Unesco

Associate, stated that:

News is an important information that attracts

attention from people.

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NEWS of Today (3/6)

William C Bleyer, in Newspaper Writing and

Editing:

News is the ‘hottest’ or the most update

information that is picked by the journalists for

people/ others to read. Or the journalists (can)

make people read the information.6

NEWS of Today (4/6)

William S Maulsby, in Getting the News argues

that:

News can be defined as a neutral description of

current events/ facts which may attract the

readers.

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NEWS of Today (5/6)

As for Haris Sumadiria, in Jurnalistik Indonesia-

Menulis Berita dan Feature, he referred to all the

opinion on news and stated that:

News is the fastest report on newest facts or ideas

and the report is right, interesting, and important

for the audience of newspaper, radio, television, or

online media.8

NEWS of Today (6/6)

For example:

The controversial news on KPK (Corruption

Diminishing Commission) versus The Police and

the Court that began on June 2009 not only have

absorbed much of the ‘space’ in either broadcast

and print media but also raised the pros and

contras among people in Indonesia.9

A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (1/8)

In line with the description of journalistic

profession whose work is closely related to the

activities of searching, analyzing and preparing

news, all the products of journalism carries out

news value.

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A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (2/8)

There are types of journalism products:

Editorials

Caricature

Short statement (Corner)

Article

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A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (3/8)

Editorials

It is a form of news that provides official

statement or how the media reacts on

certain issues.

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A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (4/8)

Caricature

It is a method of providing news in a form

of drawing, picture, or cartoon. The

pictures contain message, opinion or

social critiques and are conveyed in

humorous ways.13

A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (5/8)

Is cartoon effective to convey messages?

An effective cartoon is when the cartoon has successfully

created fun (without feeling offense) to others, including

the cartoonists, when they see/ read the pictures/ news.

(Sudarta)

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A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (6/8)

In Indonesia, there are media which also

convey their messages in cartoon/ caricature.

For example:

- The daily KOMPAS

- The daily The Jakarta Post

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A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (7/8)

Corner

It is a ‘creative’ form (free style) of

providing news by taking the lines from

sources. The themes of corner can vary

from social economics, politics, military,

sports, environment, and so on.16

A Slight Reminder: Products of Journalism (8/8)

Article

It is a form of providing news by people

writing news or private opinion on

something that of their interest/ concern.

The purpose of the writing is to inform,

persuade, or to entertain.17

News and Mass Media (1/5)

Mass media is a means of communication that

operate on a large scale, reaching and

involving virtually everyone in a society to a

greater or lesser degree. (McQuail’s: 1983:4).

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News and Mass Media (2/5)

Mass media:

Newspapers

Magazines

Film

Radio and Television

Internet19

News and Mass Media (3/5)

The roles of news in informing, conveying

issues and persuading communities by using

media can be referred to Lazarsfeld (1941)’s

approaches on media theory:

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News and Mass Media (4/5)

Critical theory

seeks to expose underlying problems and

faults of media practice and to relate

them in a comprehensive way to social

issues, guided by certain values.

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News and Mass Media (5/5)

Administrative Theory (applied theory)

aims to connect an understanding of

communication processes to solving

practical problems of using mass

communication more effectively.

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Closing

By having a slight look at the definition of news,

the types of journalism products and how news

relates with mass media, it is expected that the

students will be ready to join the next session:

the commercialization of media.

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