CAMPUS JOURNALISM- elements that makes news

1. 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.

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

13. 1. CONFLICT
2. IMMEDIACY OR TIMELINESS
3. PROXIMITY OR NEARNESS
4. PROMINENCE
5. SIGNIFICANCE
6. NAMES
7. DRAMA

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

16. 1. 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