Campus journalism

CAMPUS JOURNALISM- elements that makes news

1. ELEMENTS THAT MAKE NEWS Prepared by: Alcantara, Ma. Elaine M. Dailo , Lea Mei B.

2. READ THE FOLLOWING: The clanging of the Manila Fire Department trucks one night attracted a throng of spectators, among them Jenina Cruz, eight years old, a second grader; Clarence Manuel, 17, a high schooler ;

3. Priscilla Castro, a housewife; and Warren Cruz, editor of the Torchbearer of the PNU Laboratory School. At school, the next day, Jenina’s teacher asked the pupils to write about something interesting they had seen.

4. Jenina wrote painstakingly: 1. I saw a fire. It was a big red fire. It burned a house. There were many people around. Some men put water on the fire.

5. Clarence likewise took advantage of the fire as a topic of his composition: 2. Fearful scarlet tongues arose to the star-studded heavens and licked greedily at the doomed edifice while the brave firefighters risked their all to quench the terrible conflagration.

6. It probably cost the people who owned the house a good deal of money. The date was August 8. August is the eight month so I bet in the “ jueteng ” 8-8, “ Pompiang .”

7. Mrs. De Castro, too, mentioned the fire in a letter scribbled to a friend. Her version: 3. I happened to see the most interesting fire in our neighborhood last night. There were many fire trucks called and they were able to extinguish it, but it required much effort.

8. But editor Cruz wrote for his paper the following item: 4. A fire undetermined origin razed to the ground a three-story apartment of Ishmael Garcia of 164-B Recto St. , last night.

9. Four fire companies subdued it within an hour. The damage, estimated at P 100,000 was covered by insurance.

10. WHAT IS NEWS?

11. NEWS is an oral or written report of a past , present, or future event. It should be factual , truthful , accurate , unbiased , and interesting .

12. Elements of News

13. CONFLICT IMMEDIACY OR TIMELINESS PROXIMITY OR NEARNESS PROMINENCE SIGNIFICANCE NAMES DRAMA

14. 8. ODDITY OR UNUSUALNESS 9. ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE 10. SEX 11. PROGRESS 12. ANIMALS 13. NUMBER 14. EMOTION

15. TYPES OF NEWS STORIES

16. SCOPE OR ORIGIN a. Local News- Report of events that take place within the immediate locality. b. National news- News that take place within the country.

17. c. Foreign News- News that take place outside the country. d. Dateline News- News preceded by the date and place of origin or place where it was written or filed: Tokyo, Jan. 20 (AP)

18. 2. CHRONOLOGY OR SEQUENCE a. Advance or anticipated- News published before its occurrence, sometimes called dope or prognostication.

19. b. Sport news- News that are gathered and reported on the spot. It deals with unscheduled information demanding immediate publication. The reporter himself is an eyewitness to the event that took place.

20. c. Coverage news- News written from given beat. Both spot news and coverage news are good example of first-hand reporting. d. Follow-up news- It is a sequel to a previous story. Having a new lead of its own. It is a second, third, or subsequent chapter of a serial.

21. 3. Structure a. Straight News- News that consists of facts given straight without embellishment. It main aim is to inform. It uses summary lead and is written using inverted pyramid structure.

22. b. News-feature - it uses the suspended interest structure like the narrative; thus, it cannot meet the cut-off test. Single-feature or one-incident story Several-feature, multiple angled, or composite story

23. 4. Treatment a. FACT STORY b. ACTION STORY c. SPEECH REPORT d. QUOTE STORY e. INTERVIEW STORY

24. 5. Content a. ROUTINE STORY b. POLICE REPORTS c. SCIENCE NEWS d. DEVELOPMENTAL NEWS e. SPORTS STORIES

25. 6. Minor Forms a. NEWS BRIEF b. NEWS BULLETIN c. NEWS-FEATURETTE d. FLASH