Nowadays News is Oxygen of Modern Society. News covers all the areas of human behaviour, Media is a platform fo public issues, but there is a big problem to select information & make perfect News story. Here is attempt to share concept of News.

1. Dr. Rajesh Singh Kushwaha,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Mass Communication & Journalism,
Dr. RamManohar Lohia Avadh University,
Ayodhya, U.P.

2. News Covers
Ideas
Problems
Events

3. What is news?
• Proximity
• Prominence
• Relevance
• Consequence
• Oddity
• Conflict
• Immediacy
• Human Interest
• Development
• Entertainment

4. NEWS VALUES

5. News Sources
• Reporters
• Contacts
• Newsroom diary
• Files
• Check calls
• Emergency services
radio
• Politicians
• Pressure groups
• Staged events
• News releases
• Syndicated recordings
• Freelancers
• Tip-offs
• Hoaxes
• Wire services and
news agencies
• The network
• Other news media
• Shared material

6. NEWS: PRODUCT OR POINT OF VIEW
• Product
 Gathered
 Processed
 Packaged(Attractive)
 Polished & Finished
 Sold by Media(Newspapers/Radio/Television/Web)
• Point of View
 Of the People & For The People (Public Interest )
 Value Added (Social change)
 Enrich the Knowledge & Understanding of the world around them

7. Requirements
N News Worthiness
E Emphasis
W 5W+H
S Source of Information

8. Basic Structure of News
W What Happened
H How Happened
A Amplify
T Tie Up

9. What is News

10. NEWS BASE
Truth
Human
Interest
Reader’s
Choice

11. Getting the News Story
• Newsroom conference
• Copytasting
• Balance of news
• Visuals and actuality
• The brief
• The angle
• Chasing the contact
• Staged news conferences
• Beating the clock
• Work to sequence
• Don’t panic

12. Basics of Newswriting
• The news angle
• Multi-angled stories
• Hard news formula
• The intro
• Placing key words
• Feature openers
• Developing the story
• Signposting
• Last line
• Last words
• Accuracy
• Proof reading

13. News Presentation Mechanics
• Speed
• Breathing
• Projection
• Emphasis
• Pitch
• Microphone technique
• Using the prompter/Laptop
• Bringing the story to life

14. Dr. Rajesh Singh Kushwaha,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Mass communication & Journalism,
Dr. RamManohar Lohia Avadh University,
Ayodhya, U.P.
Email : manurajchandra@gmail.com