Editorial Writing- SPA Trainers.pptx

EDITORIAL
WRITING
Antonette S. Tapel
Adviser, The Twelfth
Quill
Philippine Science High School-
SOCCSKSARGEN Region Campus
Jovelyn M. Pedroso
Adviser, Paulinians
Marbel 1 Central Elementary School

Objectives:
1. identify what editorial is;
2. identify the parts and structure of
an editorial;
3. use the pointers in writing
editorial; and,
4. write a good editorial about the
given issue/ news.

In editorial writing, using first person
point of view is not acceptable.
An editorial has a byline.
FACT OR BLUFF
An editorial presents the stand of the
staff of the publication.

A good introduction of an editorial
contains both the news and stand of
the writer.
Editorial is an opinionated news story .
FACT OR BLUFF
A good editorial orders the readers
to do certain actions relative to the
issue at hand.

A good editorial is based on a timely
news angle and discussed societal
issues.
Aside from opinions, facts are also
considered as one of the most
important elements of an editorial.
FACT OR BLUFF
A good editorial should have at
least one argument or rebuttal.

Introduction
What is an
editorial?
EDITORIAL
WRITING
A Review

Introduction
An editorial is:
 an article that
presents the
newspaper's
opinion on an
issue. It can be
about any topic,
but is usually
written about an
issue that deals
with our society.
EDITORIAL
WRITING
A Review

Introduction
 the soul and
conscience of
the newspaper.
 an opinionated
news story.
EDITORIAL
WRITING
A Review

Introduction
Types:
 Explain/
interpret
 Criticize
 Persuade
 Praise/
Commend
EDITORIAL
WRITING
A Review

Introduction
Parts and
Structure
of an
Editorial
EDITORIAL
WRITING

ARGUMENT # 1
NEWS/ PROBLEM/
ISSUE + POSITION
ARGUMENT # 2
ARGUMENT # 3
EVIDENCE
REBUT
/COUNTER
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand or
Stance

ARGUMENT # 1
NEWS/ PROBLEM/
ISSUE + POSITION
ARGUMENT # 2
ARGUMENT # 3
EVIDENCE
REBUT
/COUNTER
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand or
Stance
tatement
osition
INTRODUCTION

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
The HEAD of Editorial
There can be no mistaking it.
Both the video record and the
official transcript provided by the
Presidential Communications
Office prove that President
Duterte did in fact liken himself to
the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler—
and said he was ready to kill
three million drug addicts.
- from Philippine Daily Inquirer
Position + Issue/ Statement of news
Sample:

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
Not at all. Both the video
record and the official
transcript provided by the
Presidential Communications
Office would not mistaken
President Duterte likening
himself to the Nazi dictator
Adolf Hitler and saying he was
ready to kill three million drug
addicts.
Sample:

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
Could there be any other
interpretation? Both the video
record and the official transcript
provided by the Presidential
Communications Office prove
that President Duterte did in fact
liken himself to the Nazi dictator
Adolf Hitler—and said he was
ready to kill three million drug
addicts.
Sample:

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
Barely an hour after the close of the first
US presidential debate on Monday night in
the United States, Republican candidate
Donald Trump was back to his old tricks. At
one point during the debate, Democratic
candidate Hillary Clinton had prodded him on
why he hadn’t released his tax returns—the
only presidential aspirant in recent American
history to refuse to do so.
- - from Philippine Daily Inquirer

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
Even for the residents of
Batanes—where squat stone
houses attest to the province’s
reputation as the storm capital of
the country—Typhoon “Ferdie”
was the strongest in recent
memory. - from Philippine Daily Inquirer

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
Faith is on full display in the
Bicol region, where the feast of
Our Lady of Peñafrancia is being
celebrated and concludes today
with a fluvial procession
on the Naga River.
- from Philippine Daily
Inquirer

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
On Sept. 11, the Official Gazette
of the Philippines decided to mark
the 99th birth anniversary of the late
dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, by
releasing a graphic. What could
possibly go wrong? As it turns out:
Almost everything.

NEWS/
PROBLEM/
ISSUE +
POSITION
“Show the elder generations how to lead and
help them, for they have disappointed you for so
long.” ----- a self- demeaning statement of the
Department of Education Secretary, Bro. Armin
Luistro addressed to the thousands of young
journalists in his message during the opening
program of National Schools Press Conference
(NSPC) 2016 on February 22. His strength of
character and dynamic personality amp up his
remark on the malady of the elder leaders that the
young journalists can heal.

ARGUMENT # 1
NEWS/ PROBLEM/
ISSUE + POSITION
ARGUMENT # 2
ARGUMENT # 3
EVIDENCE
REBUT
/COUNTER
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand or
Stance
tatement
osition
vidence
INTRODUCTION
BODY

Body Paragraph 1:
In the Secretary’s message, he
highlighted the role of the campus press in
initiating change in the society. His strong
regard for the young was evident when he
chose to first meet the participants in a mini-
presscon which they, themselves, facilitated.
Emphasizing the great challenge entrusted to
them, the Secretary urged them to do small
things that have a life- long impact to the
society, for making a change isn’t dependent
on age, but on the will to be part of the critical
mass of young leaders who are open to listen
and are rooted in the communities they are
serving.
EVIDENCE

Body Paragraph 2:
Serving the Department of Education for years, the
Secretary definitely understands the young
generation are endowed with both a bit of
innocence and inquisitive spirit. He was even
impressed with their questions which were driven from
their hunger for answers to many issues that float in the
mind of the common public. When he was asked about
his own legacy as the Department of Education
Secretary, the veteran public servant admittedly said
he can’t grasp an answer to the question which he
found the most difficult to answer and took him some
time to think about. Humble enough, the Secretary’s
inability to answer the question is a reflection that there
are more to do…that there are more to change. And
in this pursuit of change will take generations to
keep it going.
EVIDENCE

Body Paragraph 3:
With the challenge at hand, he
urged the young writers to look not
only for their own stories but also the
story of others. These are real stories
of human beings that the journalist
should write and the pictures that
should be taken. More so, he
emphasized that young journalists
should tell the older generation
how to change the Philippines and
the world to be better.
EVIDENCE

Body Paragraph 4:
Recently, the Department of Education has
received a lot of critics for maneuvering a
massive bureaucracy through its
implementation of the K-12 Education
Program with the aim of starting up radical
changes and reforms in our educational
system. In the midst of the promising result of
the new program, the Secretary has been
projecting a dynamic and a doughty stand on
its implementation. He then stressed that it
can only make its headway through the
young generation, most importantly the
campus press that are always leaders and
are imbued with so much potential.
EVIDENCE

ARGUMENT # 1
NEWS/ PROBLEM/
ISSUE + POSITION
ARGUMENT # 2
ARGUMENT # 3
EVIDENCE
REBUT
/COUNTER
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand or
Stance
tatement
osition
vidence
onclusion
olution
INTRODUCTION
BODY
CONCLUSION

NEWS/
PROBLEM/ ISSUE
+ POSITION
There can be no mistaking
it. Both the video record and
the official transcript provided
by the Presidential
Communications Office prove
that President Duterte did in
fact liken himself to the Nazi
dictator Adolf Hitler—and said
he was ready to kill three
million drug addicts.
Sample:

LEGS of Editorial
We must all join our
voices, then, to the rising
chorus of protest against the
President’s latest outrage. It
is obscene, it is inhuman, it
is un-Filipino, to want to kill
three million of our own
people. Happy
slaughter is perdition. Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand
Or stance

LEGS of Editorial
This man speaks for and with
the authority of the President, who, as it
happens, has himself been needlessly
and repeatedly entangled in controversy
due to loose lips. Pres. Duterte is
famously averse to anything American,
and even more so to unsolicited advice
on his demeanor, but perhaps he and
his team can ponder on one of Clinton’s
statements in the debate: “Words matter
when you run for president, and they
really matter when you are president.” Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand
Or stance

LEGS of Editorial
This is one call that can
pull us together in the face of the
distressing, polarizing issues—
the drug-related killings, the
planned burial of the dictator’s
remains in the Libingan ng mga
Bayani—that threaten to swamp
us in a flood of despair.
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand
Or stance

LEGS of Editorial
How admirable is a sincere
show of faith. It becomes more so
if it informs one’s daily life and
moves one to aspire to be like the
one being honored and revered:
virtuous and devoted, merciful and
compassionate, strong and
committed.
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand
Or stance

LEGS of Editorial
Now why would the
Official Gazette under an
administration that seeks to
remember the atrocities of the
Americans a hundred years ago
attempt to clean up the atrocities
of the Marcos regime—when
these happened only a
generation ago?
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand
Or stance

One LEG of Editorial
The Secretary will be leaving his
seat soon as the Aquino
Administration ends, and obviously,
the country is facing another
chapter of either failed promises or
promising changes. But one thing
is certain; whoever takes the
government seats, there is a
healing power around to
influence the way elder’s lead.
And that’s what Luistro’s pure
cure….his prescription called
YOUTH.
Present
Logical
Alternative
Recap
Stand
Or stance

Titles:
Settle for less---- 2 to 3- word phrase
• Guilty Pleasure
• Tangible Pursuit
• Dealing the killing
• Manly Malady
• Sick of tactics
• Paving the Pathways
• Shaming Change
• A chance for change
• Untamed tongue
• Taming the tongue

Editorial must be
credible. The opinions
must be backed up with
facts and evidence to
substantiate them.

Keep it to more
or less 500 words.

 Normally, the editorial is
distinguished from other
articles by its formal tone,
although in certain instances,
it can use irony, sarcasm,
exaggeration, or other devices
to more effectively carry
across its message.

Use formal and
serious
Use idioms and
elevated language

Idiom:
 jumping/ wading into the fray--
join the argument/ get into
argument
 bending over backward- did a lot
 at the drop of the hat - so easily
 comparing apples and oranges
– cannot be compared; too
different

Idiom:
 cut corners – do something in easier
way
 cry over a spilled milk- complain about
a loss from the past.
 asleep at the wheel- inactive
 keep your eyes on – monitor closely
 sit on the fence- avoid making
decision
 add fuel to the fire- cause conflict to
be more intense
 see eye to eye – to agree with
someone

Allusion:
LITERARY ALLUSION:
• Trojan Horse
• Achilles heel
• Romeo
• Pinocchio
• Quixotic
BIBLICAL ALLUSION:
• Good Samaritan
• Garden of Eden
• Swallowed up like Jonah
• Raining for 40 days and 40 nights– the story of
Noah
• The fight between David and Goliath

Introduction
EDITORIAL
WRITING
Good editorial:
Expresses opinion without
being opinionated;
Transforms without being
evangelical;
Engulfs without drowning;
Motivates to action
without making you
dictatorial;
Enlightens without getting
you dogmatic, prejudiced
and egotistical; and,
should be BRIEF enough

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