2. Direction: Think of any idea related to news and
form its definition.
News is____________________________________
3. News is an oral or written report of a
past, present, or future event. It should
be factual, truthful, accurate, unbiased,
and interesting.
News is a report of recent events
reported in a news periodical or in a
newscast. It is an account of anything
important or interesting man does, says
or sees about an event, situation, place
or thing.
4. How do journalists decide why
is news worthy or not? News
values are criteria which
enable them to determine
whether a story makes into
news.
5. 1. CONFLICT – this may involve
physical or mental conflict----man
versus man, man versus animals,
man versus nature, or man versus
himself. Stories that talk of clashes
of interests, conflicts among
political groups, bloody combats,
and family feud are also saleable.
6. 2. IMMEDIACY OR TIMELINESS –
This element emphasizes the
newest angle of the story. The
more recent the event, the
more interesting it is to the
reader.
7. 3. PROXIMITY OR NEARNESS - This
refers to geographical nearness as
well as to nearness of kinship or
interest. The readers are more
interested to know the events
happening around them, i.e.
closeness to their own personal
affairs, their homes, activities, or
enterprises.
8. 4.PROMINENCE – Readers are
more interested about
prominent persons, places,
things, and situations known to
the public by reason of
achievement, position, or
wealth.
9. 5. SIGNIFICANCE - It refers to how
meaningful the event will appear to
the news receiver.
6. DRAMA – This adds color to the
story. The more picturesque the
background and the more dramatic
the actions are, the more appealing
the story is to the reader.
10. 7. ODDITY OR UNUSUALNESS – This
refers to strange or unnatural
events, objects, persons, and
places.
8. SEX - Stories of sex are usually
related to stories of romance,
marriage, divorce, and the varied
activities of men and women.
11. 9. PROGRESS – The onward or
forward march of civilization.
10. NUMBER - Sweepstakes, vital
statistics, election results,
scores in games, casualties,
fatalities, price of goods, and
ages of women make good news.
12. 11. NEGATIVITY – For journalists,
bad news is good news. Negative
news such as stories about
disasters, crimes, personal
tragedies and other negative
occurrences are often used as
the “selling point” of most
newspaper.
13. 12. HUMOR - The news writer must
pounce the delight upon news that
usually titillates their bump of
innocence or make them smile once in
a while.
13. HUMAN INTEREST – Stories that
speak of accomplishment, love, hate,
ambition, fear, jealousy, sympathy,
anger, and generosity stir reader’s
interest.
14. 14. NAMES – Important names
make important news. Also,
the more names there are in
the story, the better.
15. Directions: Analyze the following sentences and
determine the news values described in each.
Choose your answer provided in the box.
Conflict Names Prominence
Drama Negativity Number
Proximity or Nearness Human Interest
Sex Humor Progress
Oddity or Unusualness Significance
Immediacy or Timeliness
16. 1.The more recent the event, the more
interesting it is to the reader.
2. How meaningful will the event appear to
the receiver of the news?
3. Readers are usually interested to read about
persons, places, things, and situations known
to the public by reason of achievement,
positions, or wealth.
4.The interest of the readers primarily
depends upon the closeness of their own
personal affairs, activities or enterprises
5.Stories that speak of accomplishment, love,
hate, ambition, fear, jealousy, sympathy,
anger, generosity and humor stir considerable
reader interest as these appeals to emotions
17. 6. Stories about disasters, crimes, personal
tragedies and other negative occurrences-
especially if unexpected and extensive.
7. Stories that talk of clashes of interests
among political groups, bloody combats, and
family feud
8.News reporters should always be on the
lookout for extraordinary, unique or extreme
occurrences, achievements or even human
qualities.
9.The news writer must pounce the delight
upon news that usually titillates their bump
of innocence or make them smile once in a
while.
10.Important names make important news.
18. 11.This adds color to the story. Anything that
moves a reader to tears is good news.
12.It is usually related to move stories of
romance, marriage, divorce, and varied
activities of men with women.
13.The onward and forward march of
civilization.
14.Data on sweepstakes, statistics, election
results, scores in games, casualties,
fatalities, price of goods, and ages of women
make good news.
15.It includes various human responses and
natural feeling of love, sympathy, generosity,
fear, hatred, and jealousy.
19. 1. AACCCRUY - This entails getting straight
facts, getting the correct spelling of
names of people, places, and events and
ensuring that no vital piece of
information is withheld.
2. RILACTY- News should come to readers
quickly and concisely, short paragraphs
and simple language is therefore highly
encouraged.
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to form
a word which will give the qualities of a good news
article.
20. 3. CEJBOVIYTTI – A news reporter
should report an event “as it is”. No
personal biases, sentiments or
opinions should be injected in a
news story.
4. PLEMOCSENSTE AND ANCELAB– It
contains the important details of a
news event.
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to form
a word which will give the qualities of a good news
article.
21. 5. RIBUTATTION – This refers to
proper acknowledgment by the news
reporter of the information sources.
6. TYLES – Reporters do not always
have to follow one formula i.e. the
inverted pyramid structure. They
are free to utilize their styles that
are more interesting.
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to form
a word which will give the qualities of a good news
article.
22. A good news story should have the
following qualities:
1. ACCURACY - This entails getting
straight facts, getting the correct
spelling of names of people, places,
and events and ensuring that no
vital piece of information is
withheld.
23. 2. CLARITY - News should come to
readers quickly and concisely, short
paragraphs and simple language is
therefore highly encouraged.
3. OBJECTIVITY - A news reporter
should report an event “as it is”. No
personal biases, sentiments or
opinions should be injected in a
news story.
24. 4.COMPLETENESS AND BALANCE
- It contains the important
details of a news event.
5. ATTRIBUTION - This refers to
proper acknowledgment by the
news reporter of the information
sources.
25. 6. STYLE – Reporters do not
always have to follow one
formula i.e. the inverted
pyramid structure. They are free
to utilize their styles that are
more interesting.
26. Direction: Fill in the boxes in the tree diagram
with appropriate information.
Scope or Origin
Local News
National News
Foreign News
Dateline News
Where?
Where?
Where?
Where?
29. SCOPE OR
ORIGIN
Dateline
News
Foreign News
National
News
Local News
Report of events that take place
within the immediate locality.
News that take place within
the country.
News that take place
outside the country.
News preceded by the date and
place of origin or place where it was
written or filed.
30. News published before its
occurrence, sometimes called dope
or prognostication
Advance/Anticipated
Spot
CHRONOLOGY OR
SEQUENCE
Coverage Follow-up
News
written
from a
given
beat.
A sequel
to a
previous
story.
News that is gathered and reported on the
spot. It deals with unscheduled information
demanding immediate publication
31. STRUCTURE
Straight News News Feature
Summary Lead
Elaboration of a W
Elaboration of Another W
Elaboration of
Another W
Further
Elaboration
Lead
Surprise Climax
Narrative
32. Minor Forms
News Brief News
Bulletin
News
Featurette
Flash
A short item of news interest, written
like a brief telegraphic message, giving
mainly the result with details.
This is a short news feature usually
used as filler,e.g. “Quirks in the news.”
It is similar to the lead of a straight
news story. Its aim is just to give
the gist of the news.
A bulletin that conveys the first word of
an event.
34. Presentation:
e.g. 1. Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto was the
guest speaker during the Investiture of Senior
Girl Scouts at Batangas National High School,
July 25.
Guide questions:
If you’re going to form questions about the
lead, what would those be?
Possible Answers: Who was the guest
speaker during the Investiture of Senior
Girl Scouts at Batangas NHS? When was it
held?
What kind of summary lead is given above?
Why was it given primary focus?
Answers: Who-lead; the prominence of the
person is the most interesting detail
35. What information are present in the given
example?
Who: Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto
What (occasion): Investiture of Senior Girl
Scouts
Where: Batangas National High School
When: July 25
Why was she there: guest speaker
36. 2. A reforestation drive participated by
Senior Boy Scouts headed by Sct. Master
Arturo Flores was held in Sta. Cruz,
Laguna, June 12.
What kind of lead is used above?
What was the activity participated by
Senior Boy Scouts?
Who headed the Boy Scouts?
Where was the activity?
37. 3. March 31 is the last day for filing income
tax returns.
1. When is the last day for filing
income tax returns?
2. What kind of lead is used?
4. Aboard an airplane flying 300,000 feet
above the ground yesterday was born a
plump baby boy of a 30-year old woman.
What is the news about?
Where was the baby born?
What kind of lead is it?
38. 5. To upgrade the teaching of
English, the Dep ED-Convergys
Training in Oral Communication in
English is being held nationwide.
Why is the Dep ED-Convergys training
in Oral Communication held?
What kind of lead was it?
39. Read the following kinds of Summary Lead
based on given news data:
-a hand grenade exploded
-one bystander died on the spot while two
others were seriously wounded
-it happened at Koronadal City public market,
in a market stall
-yesterday early morning
-the trap was said to be set-up by 14-year old
Gabby Nuang, a store helper, because he was
not granted a loan by his employer for him to
buy medicine for his ailing mother
-the suspect hooked the grenade’s pin inside
the door of his employee’s store which, when
opened, fell to the ground and exploded
40. 1. What – A hand grenade set-up in a market
stall door exploded yesterday morning at
Koronadal City pulic market, instantly killing
a bystander and seriously wounded two
others.
2.Where – In Koronadal City public market
yesterday morning, a bystander was killed
while two others were seriously wounded
as a hand grenade exploded. The incident
was caused by trap said to be set by a store
helper…..
3. Who – A bystander died while two others
were seriously wounded as a hand grenade
exploded in a store in Koronadal City public
market yesterday.
41. 4. When – Early yesterday morning a hand
grenade exploded in Koronadal City public
market, instantly killing a bystander and
seriously wounded two others.
5. Why – Because he was not granted a loan by
his employer, a store helper hooked up a hand
grenade inside the store’s door which exploded
yesterday morning at Koronadal City public
market, instantly killing a bystander and
seriously wounded two others. The loan was for
him to buy medicine for his ailing mother,
6. How – By hooking a hand grenade inside the
door of a market store, a store helper set up
and caused an explosion in Koronadal City
yesterday that instantly killed a bystander and
seriously wounded two others.
42. 1. CONVENTIONAL OR SUMMARY LEAD - This
kind of lead used in straight news answers
right away all or any of the 5 W’S and or the
H.It may be one of the following:
a.WHO lead – Used when the person
involved is more prominent than what he
does or what happens to him.
b.WHAT lead – Used when the event or what
took place is more important than the person
involved in the story.
c.WHERE lead – Used when the place is
unique and no prominent person is involved.
43. d.WHEN lead – Rarely used as the reader
presumes the story to be timely. However,
this lead is useful when speaking of
deadlines, holidays, and important dates.
e.WHY lead –Used when the reason is
more prominent or unique than what
happens.
f.HOW ;lead – Used when the manner,
mode, means, or method of achieving the
story is the unnatural way.
44. NOVELTY LEAD – Some kinds of leads are best
used in writing news features. They are
written in such a way that they attract
attention or carry out a definite purpose.
Among these kinds of novelty leads are:
Narrative lead – it draws the reader into the story
by narrating an event and allowing him to relate
with the character of the story.
Descriptive lead – it illustrates a mental picture of
the subject; this is also effective in writing a
personality sketch
Quotation lead – this uses a statement or
statements uttered by a well-known personality or
celebrity, living or gone already.l
45. Question lead – a thought-provoking question is
used to capture the interest of the reader and lead
them to find the answer provided by the
succeeding details of the article
Teaser – a humorous device to arouse the readers’
interest, and generally short, crisp, and witty.
Riddles are often used and do not directly give the
readers any clue on the nature of the story
Punch lead – it is a short, striking, one-sentence
lead
Astonisher lead – it uses an exclamatory sentence
One word lead – it uses a very significant word to
capture or arouse the interest of the reader
46. Parody lead – it consists of a parody (comic
imitation) of a well-known quotation, lines of a
song, poem, book, or movie film or its title
Background lead – it describes an event
in which the setting or background
overshadows the individuals who participate in
it; often used in stories about carnivals,
festivals, dances, and others
Contrast lead – it is used to point up opposites
and extremes
Staccato lead – this usually consists of a series
of words or phrases, punctuated by periods,
commas, or dashes
47. 1. HARD NEWS – stories about different events that
have just happened or still happening like school
building inauguration, inter-school competition or
natural calamity, science fair, etc.
2.SOFT NEWS - a news story that is usually a trend and
on-going event or about an interesting person.
3.NEWS FEATURE – an in-depth, magazine-length story.
4.PERSONALITY PROFILE – a story that explores a
person in the news, or an interesting but not so
prominent person.
5.BACKGROUNDER – a story providing additional
information on a news event. It is sometimes called
“sidebars
48. 1.THE LEAD – the opening paragraph of a news story. It is
typically a one-sentence paragraph that summarizes the
basic facts of a story.
2.THE ANGLE – the main idea of a news story and the lead. It
is the main point that the rest of the news story will try to
support. After sorting the facts gathered, the news writer
must decide what the theme of the story is.
3.BODY OF THE NEWS – the rest of a news story. It may be in
the following forms:
Inverted Pyramid Structure – where the body supports the lead
and is organized so that the facts are written in declining
importance.
The “hour glass” form – tries to retain the suspense of traditional
fictional storytelling but the body should proceed in a natural and
chronological order.
4.THE ENDING – wraps up the remaining details of the story.
One way to end news is with a “kicker” which is often a
catchy quote.
49. 1.List all your facts.
2.Arrange your facts in descending order ---from
the most important to the least important.
3. Write the lead making sure that it contains all
the essential information of the article.
4.The lead should be a one-sentence paragraph
composed of not more than 25 words. It should
not be kilometric; the less words you use, the
more catchy your lead will be.
5.The lead is a straightforward declarative
sentence with the verb in the simple past tense.
50. 6. Make the lead accurate, simple, brief, compact,
vigorous, and straight into the readers’
attention.
7. Do not clutter up the lead with adjectives and
adverbs.
8. The verb in the title of the news is usually in
the present tense except for advanced news.
The past participle passive voice can also be
used in the title.
9. Observe one-sentence-one-paragraph as much
as possible.
10. Use strong verb in the active voice rather than
the passive voice.
51. 11. Write the next paragraph presenting other
highlight of the news.
12. Reduce difficult words to their simplest
terms. Avoid high-fallutin words.
13. Be objective. Don’t editorialize nor feature
the news by injecting opinions, colored
words, etc.
14. Give your source of the news if you did not
personally observe the event. Identify people
and documents to be cited in attribution for
reliability of the information.
52. Direction: Organize the facts below into news
stories.
1. Straight News
a. Brigada Eskwela is a national program of DepEd aimed
in making the school and community work as one team in
solving problem regarding school facilities.
b. Brigada Eskwela 2009 Awarding Ceremony held at the
Educator’s Congress in Bacolod Convention Center, Oct. 18
was participated by 80 schools in the National Capital
Region. Pinagbuhatan Elementary School won as the most
innovative school.
c. Brigada Eskwela was implemented in PES, May 19-23.
Parents and teachers worked together.
d. DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus awarded a plaque of
recognition to PES.
e. Other officials in the country attended the Congress. They
were Fe Hidalgo, Teodoro Cruz, and Ramon Bacani.
f. Mrs. Nenita Villamarin and Mr. Gilbert Innocencio received
the award.
53. News Feature
Writing a news feature based on the fact sheet below.
a) The Jose Rizal High School dance troupe swept all its competitions during
the Cheerdance
Competition held at the Araneta Coliseum on November 30. The event
focused mainly on
peer bonding and boost self-confidence bringing out our teens potentials in
dances and
cheers. It was high lightened by enhancement of competitive skills.
b) The victors of the said affair were: Jean Perez, Frank Gonzales, Dan
Ramirez, Cherry
Flores, Xavier Hernadez, Rose Enverga, Ruth Ignacio, Joy Cabrera, Flora
Rioveros and
Hilda Tañada who were the agile limbs of JRHS. they receive an award of
Php 30, 000
plus Php 10, 000 for being the Most Disciplined Group and gift packages.
c) The trainers of the cheerdance were: Mr. Jessie Baldomero, Mr. Jeft
Alarcon, Ms. Ana
Castro and Mr. Joel Gonzales.
d) In the grand finals, they got home a cash prize of Php 100, 000 and each
member received
a brand new 850 mobile phone from Siemens. Out of 15 items, JRHS
emerged the winner
with an average of 89.30 percent. Faith in God and teamwork is their key to
success.
54. JRHS dances winning steps
“We won! We won!” exclaimed by the Jose Rizal High School
dance troupe as they swept all their competitors during the
Cheerdance Competition held at the Araneta Coliseum, Nov 30.
The event’s aim was to focus mainly on peer bonding and to
boost self-confidence as well as to bring out teens’ potentials in dance
and cheers. There were colorful booths and stalls with lots of games
and give-aways for the audience to enjoy.
Jean Perez, Frank Gonzales, Dan Ramirez, Cherry Flores,
Xavier Hernandez, Rose Enverga, ruth Ignacio, Joy Cabrera, Flora
Rioveros and Hilda Tañada, who were the agile limbs of JRHS were the
victors of the said affair.
The grand champions who wore ¾ blouses, pleated mini skirts
and white rubber shoes received a prize of Php 300, 000 plus Php 10,
000 for being the “Most Disciplined Group” aside from gift packages
during the regional eliminations. Upon conquering the grand finals,
they got home Php 100, 000 and each member received a brand new
Siemens 850 cell phone.
Out of 15 rival candidates, the team emerged triumphant with
an average of 89.30%. Asked if how they on, Jean Perez remarked,
“Of course, we wouldn’t have done it without the shared expertise of
our trainers: Mr. Jessie Baldomero, Mr. Jeff Alarcon, Ms. Ana Castro
and Mr. Joel Gonzales. Faith in God and teamwork is our key to
success!”
55. “Ignorance, not poverty, causes malnutrition in the child.” (Direct quote,
one-sentence summary-of-the-speech statement.)
This was the content of the speech of Mrs. Gloria Gonzales, school
nurse after she had made a check-up of some sickly-looking students,
July 23. (Summary lead answering What, Who, Why, When.) She found
out that 40 percent of those examined were suffering from eye
diseases caused by Vitamin A deficiency in their diet. (Elaboration on
What or Why of the direct quote) (Two-sentence paragraph; the first one
contains the newspeg while the second contains an important detail to
support the newspeg).
“Those students were not poor. The way they dressed and the way
they talked of their homes proved this,” the nurse said. (Direct quote)
“Many parents believed that when they stuffed their children with
any kind of food, they have already fed them,” she said. “They have
a wrong concept that food value is taken only from the ham, eggs,
cheese, milk, and salad. This is better procured from fish, especially
dilis, legumes, and vegetables which are relatively cheap at this time
when the value of the peso has shrunk, “she added. (Direct quotes;
enumeration of samples was used to elaborate the What. Take note of
the use of added instead of using said repeatedly.)
56. The nurse also added that it was only a matter of
knowing what food to eat and how much was
needed for proper nutrition. (Summary of other
statements by the nurse; an elaboration of What
else)
Mrs. Gonzales lamented the fact that the diseases
the students suffered were caused not by viruses
but by ignorance. She said that they could have
been avoided had their mothers only known what
kind of food they should give to their children.
(Summary of other statements by the nurse; an
elaboration of What else, Who else)
(Note: This also serves as an eye-opener that it is not
always the school principal to be the authoritative
source of information for school news reports)
57. A. Direction: Organize the facts below into a news feature.
a. A famous author once said, “To accomplish great things, we must
not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe”.
b. We cannot deny the fact that being a metro aide is no easy task.
Being one, he has to face unpleasant and hazardous job that pays
so little. But not for Mang Carding. He finds his job worth
treasuring for he was able to build a house of his own and send
his children to college.
c. This inspiring quote serves as the guiding principle of a man in his
50’s. Ricardo Cristobal, known as Mang Carding to his family and
friends devoted 15 years of his life working as a metro aide in
Sampaloc.
d. One admirable trait he possesses is dedication to his work and his
ability to cope with life’s stresses.To make both ends meet, he
cleans other places aside from the ones assigned to him.
e. What he is right now began when he left his native land Ilocos
Norte at 10, and came to Manila to find a greener pasture.
f. Ironically, this man was crippled when he was three years old. But
his situation has not stopped him from earning for his family.
g. Now, Mang Carding is comfortable with what he is, but he has
never ceased dreaming. We could only pray that God would bless
this man and the fruits of his labor.
58. Writing a composite news or multi angle story based on
the given facts.
What: Fire
Where: 17 Harrison, Pasay City
When: 8 p.m. Friday Oct. 17
Why: Defective electric wiring
How: Three buildings were burned: Go’s Sari-sari store,
Ever Pharmacy and Ramos Grocery
Who: Two persons were killed: Jose Montemayor, 16 and
Marissa Ramos, 26 as identified by
policemen. Six suffered injuries: Danilo Chua,
30; Arthur Reyes, 25; Rebecca Sy, 40;
Cynthia Cruz, 28; Lilibeth Yu, 23;and Monalisa
Go, 20.
According to a witness, Joel Reyes, security
guard, the fired started in the ceilings of
Ever Pharmacy. The fire spredd so fast to the
nearby building due to strong wind and
was put off after three hours.
59. What: Fire
Where: 160 Onyx St. Paco Manila
When: 10 p.m. Friday Oct 17
Why: Unknown reason
How: The fire devoured the house of
Fiscal Ramon Perez. Estimated
worth of properties
burned was worth Php 600, 000.
The fire was controlled
immediately; no record of fatalities
nor injured.
60. What: Fire
Where: 15 Beata, Pandacan
Manila
When: 10 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 21
Why: LPG Tank exploded
How: The LPG tank of Vasquez
family exploded the spread so
fast. The prompt action of the
Pandacan Fire Dept. put off
the fire.
