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This document provides information about the structure and language features of a news item. A news item reports newsworthy or important daily events to readers, listeners, or viewers. It typically has a headline summarizing the main event, a summary of what happened including details like who was involved and when and where it took place. It also includes quotes from relevant sources about the event. Language features include short, action-oriented descriptions in the headline and body, use of projecting language to attribute quotes to sources, and adverbs specifying circumstances like time or location. An example news item about a contaminated town is provided to illustrate these parts.
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This document provides information about the generic structure and language features of a news item. A news item reports important or newsworthy events of the day. It typically includes the newsworthy event(s) in summary form, background events that elaborate what happened, and sources which include comments from participants, witnesses, and authorities. Language features include short headlines, use of action verbs, projecting verbs attributed to sources, and focus on circumstances like location and timing.
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This document discusses news item texts. It defines a news item text as informing readers about newsworthy or important events of the day. The purpose of a news item text is to inform readers, listeners or viewers about current events. A news item text generally has three parts: recounting a newsworthy event, providing background information, and including comments from people involved in or knowledgeable about the event. Language features of news item texts include focusing on circumstances, using action verbs, and providing short, telegraphic information in headlines. An example news item text is provided to illustrate the generic structure.
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A student from Pamekasan Junior High School in East Java won a gold medal at the International Mathematics Contest held in Romania from March 22 to 29. The student, Alyssa Diva Mustika, said she was glad to win the tight competition and would work harder in her studies. Indonesia sent 10 students to the competition, and students from Pamekasan have won awards at other international science competitions in the past as well. The regent of Pamekasan praised Diva for bringing honor to Indonesia and her hometown on the international stage.
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Seven people were killed in a car accident involving a bus, car, and truck on Jalan Sultan last night. Police believe the car was attempting to pass the bus but was hit by an oncoming truck, whose driver said he did not see the car approaching likely because its lights were not on. The police commented that overtaking is prohibited on that road and the small Japanese car involved should not have held more than five people. The victims' names have not yet been released.
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A student from Pamekasan Junior High School in East Java won a gold medal at the International Mathematics Contest held in Romania from March 22 to 29. The student, Alyssa Diva Mustika, said she was glad to win the tight competition and would work harder in her studies. Indonesia sent 10 students to the competition, and students from Pamekasan have won awards at other international science competitions in the past as well. The regent of Pamekasan praised Diva for bringing honor to Indonesia and her hometown on the international stage.
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1) Local New Orleans newspapers and TV stations like the Times-Picayune and WDSU provided on-the-ground, real-time coverage during and immediately after the storm.
2) National print and TV news initially provided ineffective coverage but later reported more effectively on the devastation, relief efforts, and human impacts.
3) Five years later, coverage has shifted to commemorating the anniversary and focusing on rebuilding progress, though some areas remain impoverished.
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The document discusses media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans from multiple perspectives:
1) Local New Orleans newspapers and TV stations like the Times-Picayune and WDSU provided on-the-ground, real-time coverage during and immediately after the storm.
2) National print and TV news initially provided ineffective coverage but later reported more effectively on the devastation, relief efforts, and human impacts.
3) Five years later, coverage has shifted to commemorating the anniversary and focusing on rebuilding progress, though some areas remain impoverished.
Hurricane katrina evaluation
The document discusses media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans from multiple perspectives:
1) Local New Orleans newspapers and TV stations like the Times-Picayune and WDSU provided on-the-ground, real-time coverage during and immediately after the storm.
2) National print and TV news initially provided ineffective coverage but later reported more effectively on the devastation, relief efforts, and human impacts.
3) Five years later, coverage has shifted to commemorating the anniversary and focusing on rebuilding progress, though some areas remain impoverished.
Hurricane katrina1
The document discusses media coverage of Hurricane Katrina. It provides evidence that the storm and its impacts were predictable based on years of warnings from scientists and officials about New Orleans' vulnerability. Local newspapers like the Times-Picayune and local TV stations provided more effective on-the-ground coverage during the storm and its aftermath by reporting continuously online and emphasizing the need to evacuate. However, initial national news coverage from sources like the New York Times and USA Today was ineffective, lacking detail and analysis of the full devastation.
Hurricane katrina1
The document discusses media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans from multiple perspectives:
1) Local New Orleans newspapers and TV stations like the Times-Picayune and WDSU provided on-the-ground, real-time coverage and updates during and immediately after the storm.
2) National print and TV news coverage was initially ineffective at conveying the full scale of the disaster, but improved over time with in-depth analyses and a focus on impacts and relief efforts.
3) Five years later, coverage has shifted to commemorating anniversaries and focusing on rebuilding progress, rather than treating Katrina as a major news story.
Hurricane katrina1
The document discusses media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans from multiple perspectives:
1) Local New Orleans newspapers and TV stations like the Times-Picayune and WDSU provided on-the-ground, real-time coverage and updates during and immediately after the storm.
2) National print and TV news coverage was initially ineffective but improved over time, with some outlets like the National Post providing more thorough analysis earlier on.
3) Five years later, coverage had shifted to commemorating the anniversary and focusing on rebuilding progress, though some areas remained impoverished.
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The document summarizes a student project on the Chernobyl disaster:
- The project aimed to improve students' language skills and knowledge about the environment through researching the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.
- Students explored the causes of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the large-scale radioactive contamination released, and the evacuation of over 300,000 people from contaminated areas.
- Long-term health effects of the disaster included increased cancer rates and genetic mutations in both humans and wildlife due to residual radiation in the environment for many years after the accident.
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Vatican and UFO's
Disclosure and Exopolitics Summary
Six former U.S. Air Force officers and one former enlisted man will discuss their experiences with unidentified aerial objects monitoring and interfering with American nuclear weapons. They witnessed UFOs hovering over nuclear missile silos and even tampering with the missiles, rendering them completely inoperable. Retired U.S. Air Force officer Robert Hastings has collected over 120 witness testimonies from military personnel describing ongoing UFO activity at nuclear weapons sites. He believes these craft are sending a message that humanity's development and threatened use of nuclear weapons poses risks.
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The document discusses different genres of writing and provides examples of each. It covers the genres of narrative, recount, news item, description, and report. For each genre, it describes the social purpose, generic structure, and common language features. Examples are also provided to illustrate the generic structure of a narrative, recount, and news item.
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- 1. NEWS ITEM
- 2. What a News Item? Usibility News Item Generic Structure News Item Language Features of News Item
- 3. News Item… say what? BACK News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.
- 4. Usibility News Item BACK It is used to report to the readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
- 5. Generic Structure News Item • Headline/main event : the title of the news • Summary of events : elaborate what happened, to whom, in what situation/circumstances (background, participant, time, place) • Quotes/ resource of information : the exact words that people have said or written in the news BACK
- 6. Language Features of News Item • Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline • Use of material processes/action verbs to retell the story or event • Use of projecting verbal processes in “Source” stage (e.g. the police said…; the witness thought …) • Using adverb like: badly injured, the most beautiful bride in the world. • Focus on circumstances (e.g. last night, just this morning, at that time, etc)
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