Maria Evelyn Won - Camjourn NEWS Writing PDF

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campus journalism...

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BSED

2020-2021

Prepared by:

JOSEPH C. DELA PEÑA, MAEd Faculty, College of Education

NEWSWRITING Time Frame

: Week 3-4

I. LEARNING OUTCOMES This module will help you to: 1. define what news is; 2. identify the three factors essential to news, elements of news, different sources of campus news, requirements of good news gathering; 3. recognize the structure of news and the types of lead; 4. define lead and give its function in the news story; 5. recognize the functions of the body of the news story and the five Ws and H;and 6. write different kinds of lead and news article.

II. REVIEW Read each item carefully. Circle the letter of the best answer. C 1.A ___is a publication, either printed or mimeographed, put out by the student staff in a school. A. journalism C. campus paper B. journalist D. newspaper D 2. This is defined as the enjoyable activity of the staff of the campus paper in collecting, organizing and presenting news, writing editorials, columns, features and literary articles, taking pictures, cartooning, copyreading, proofreading, dummying and writing headlines. A. Journalism C. Campus Paper B. Newspapering D. Campus Journalism A 3. This is defined by a prolific and popular journalist and writer as “literature in a hurry” A. Journalism C. Campus Paper B. Newspapering D. Campus Journalism C 4. The prolific and popular writer mentioned in no. 8 is ________________. A. F. Fraser Bond C. Jose A. Quirino B. Cory Aquino D. Harold Spears A 5. He defines journalism as “something that embraces all forms in which and through which the news and comments on the news reach the public.” A. F. Fraser Bond C. Jose A. Quirino B. Cory Aquino D. Harold Spears C 6. The few school publications were a combination of literary effort, news, and historical records; the driving force behind them was the _______. A. Newsletter C. literary essays B. National events D. young journalists C 7. “Where there is a _________ there is a need for a news organ”. Complete this statement A. committee C. student body

B. writers D. school B 8. In 1990s, the account of the athlete contest, the notice of the school society, the personal item, and the various other copies now accepted as the ________. A. newspaper C. literary essays B. school paper D. feature story D 9. After 1920s, the literary essays gave way to _____. A. broad sheets C. journalism contest B. tabloid D. feature story A,B 10- 12 Choose three meanings of journalism A. Journalism is a “ literary in a hurry” because day-to-day newspaper reporters seldom have the luxury of time in writing their news stories; they have deadlines to meet. B. Journalism is something that embraces all forms in which and through which the news and comments on the news reach the public C. Journalism is a big business today, financially and educationally. The enormous sum invested by advertisers, students and schools shows the extent of the undertaking.

III. PRETEST Read each item carefully. Circle the letter of the best answer. B 1. The basis of all news is ______. a. observation c. human interest b. fact d. opinion B,C,E 2-4. Choose three factors that are essential to news. a. readers c. reliable e. human interest b. factual d. interesting A,C,D 5-7. Choose three sources of campus news a. school handbook c. school organ b. beats d. press releases B 8. It is the one-sentence paragraph that summarizes the contents of the news. a. introduction c. topic sentence b. lead d. main idea A 9. The straight news has a format of _______. a. inverted pyramid c. paragraph form b. pyramid d. sentence form C 10. Accuracy, simplicity and ______ are requisites of a good news story a. conciseness c. clarity b. brevity d. precision B 11. Words such as some, several and all are allowed in news writing. a. TRUE c. MAYBE b. FALSE d. SOMETIMES D 12. Editorializing is the putting of the writer’s opinion in the story. This is _____ in an objective news reporting. a. true c. taboo b. acceptable d. inexcusable A 13. This is considered as the soul of the newspaper. a. feature article c. sports article

b. news article

d. editorial article

14-20 TRUE OR FALSE: A. TRUE B. FALSE TRUE 14. Proximity or timeliness refers not only to geographical nearness but also to interest nearness FALSE 15. The element of drama adds vitality and color to a news story. FALSE 16. Progress includes persons, places, things, and situations known to the public by reason of wealth, social position, achievement, or previous publicity. FALSE 17. Prominence involves any significant change for the betterment of mankind. TRUE 18. Consequence refers to importance or breadth of appeal FALSE 19. The basis of all the news is fantasy. TRUE 20. The news must be interesting. The degree and breadth of interest vary.

V. ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1: LEAD WRITING EXERCISES EXERCISE 1 : Using the facts below, answer the following questions, then write a lead paragraph that answers these questions: WHAT HAPPENED? -fire accident WHO DID IT HAPPEN TO? -67 year old, retired head librarian Elizabeth kinzki WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? -Daniel st. champaign WHEN DID IT HAPPEN -10 pm last night WHY DID IT HAPPEN -the fire started at the kitchen, from a short in the kitchen range. 1. About 10 last night the Champaign Fire Department dispatched a truck to the residence of Elizabeth Klinski, age 67, on Daniel Street. 2. She had attended a concert at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and returned to her home around 10. 3. She found smoke pouring from a kitchen window and called the fire department. 4. Damage was estimated at $15,000. 5. Fire-fighters said the fire started in the kitchen, probably from a short in the kitchen range. 6. Mrs. Klinski’s pet cat, Butterball, was found dead in the living room. 7. Fire-fighters arrived at 10:14 and had the fire out by 10:25. 8. Mrs. Klinski’s husband Tom died 14 years ago. She lives alone. 9. She has lived in Champaign for 46 years. 10. She is retired from the Champaign library system, where she had served as head librarian. 11. Her three children are grown and live out of town. 12. She is an avid reader of English classic novels. She particularly enjoys Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson. EXERCISE 2: Write a hard-news lead of 25 words or less using these facts: 1. The Champaign City Council met Tuesday night at its usual place, the city hall at Neil and University downtown.

2. Among the items on the agenda was a proposal to increase property taxes. 3. The resolution called for the city to receive $5,229,000 from property taxes in the next fiscal year. 4. That’s an increase of $248,000 or about 4.8 percent. 5. The increase was approved by a 9-0 vote. 6. The new tax rate will cost the owner of a home valued at $75,000 about $345. The champaign city council main agenda on the meeting last Tuesday night at the city hall at niel and university downtown, was the approval of resolution on the increase of the property tax.

Exercise 3: Using the facts below, write a hard-news lead of 25 words or less. 1. The two candidates for mayor of Champaign debated last night at Central High School. 2. The debate was sponsored by the League of Women Voters. About 245 people attended. Three-hundred people had been expected. 3. Republican candidate Mack Abraham said he would try to accomplish three things if elected: (1) He would add new businesses to Marketplace Mall; (2) He would crack down on drinking by university students in Campus town; (3) he would streamline council meetings. 4. Democratic candidate Maya Evans, the incumbent, accused Abraham of trying to give something to everyone. She said she had learned that Abraham’s largest contributor was a major backer of Marketplace Mall. 5. Abraham said he had not received any money from anyone connected with the mall. 6. Questioned from the audience, Abraham said he would make public the names of donors only by the dates required by law, and not before. 7. League of Women Voters President Sally Harm thanked the candidates for a good debate and said she thought the evening was a success. Maya Evan’s the democratic candidate accused the republican candidate Mark Abraham of being the largest contributor of market place hall , in the debate held at central high school last night.

Exercise 4: Using the facts below, write a hard-news lead of 25 words or less. 1. James A. Thatcher, a correspondent for a group of English newspapers who is based in Washington, D.C., will speak Thursday night at 7:30 in the Illini Union, Room D. 2. His topic will be “The Bush Legacy.” 3. Thatcher is on a speaking tour of the United States in connection with the recent publication of his book, “The Unjust Society.” 4. The book is a strong condemnation of the presidency of George W. Bush for what he says is Bush’s “turning over the country to the acquisitive, the greedy and the plutocrats of wealth.” He said Bush’s presidency had launched “an era of greed.” 5. The talk is sponsored by the Political Affairs Society, a university organization that sponsors monthly talks at the union. Admission is free. James Thatcher, a correspondent for a group of English newspapers will speak his topic “the Bush Legacy” on Thursday night at 7:30 in the Illini Union. Exercise 5: Condensing Lengthy Leads Condense each of these leads to no more than two typed lines, or about 20 words. 1. Roger Datolli, 67, of 845 Conway Road, a retired attorney and husband of Mayor Sabrina Datolli, who is serving her fourth term as mayor, was injured in a three-vehicle

accident Thursday afternoon around 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of Warren and Davidson avenues, suffering a broken leg and several broken ribs when the car he was driving was struck broadside by a pickup truck driven by Jerry R. Harris, 31, of 2245 Broadway Ave., and then was pushed into the path of another vehicle. Mayor Sabrina Datolli’s, husband Robert Datolli got envolve in a three vehicle accident and sustained injuries at the intersection of warren and Davidson avenues around 3:20pm last Thursday. 2. The city Planning and Zoning Commission met Thursday for its regularly scheduled meeting and voted 3-2 to approve a joint plan by the citys Council of Government and the local Chamber of Commerce to renovate the core downtown business district by building a convention center and sports arena complex that will serve as a site for business meetings and conferences as well as possibly host a minor league hockey team on the Olympic-size ice rink planned for the site. Husband of Mayor Sabrina Datolli, Roger Datolli was injured in a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Warren and Davidson avenues around 3:20 pm last Thursday.

Using The Proper Sentence Structure Rewrite the following leads, using the normal word order: subject, verb, direct object. Avoid starting the leads with a long clause or phrase. You may want to divide some of the leads into several sentences or paragraphs. Correct all errors. 1. Wondering whether or not it was legally possible and if they could muster enough votes to support their desire to see changes implemented in the downtown historic section of the city, city council members Sandra Gandolf and Alice Cycler at the regular monthly city council meeting raised the issue of having the city's planning and zoning commission look into the possibility of creating a local board to oversee changes to buildings within the six-block downtown historic district. The city council members sandra gandolf and alice cycler, in the meeting raised the issue for the possibility of creating local board for the desired changes of the downtown historic district.

2. Because the victim contributed in large measure to his own death by refusing medical attention that might have saved his life after the incident, James K. Arico, the 47-year-old man accused of stabbing him in the chest during an argument seven months ago, was allowed to plead guilty to assault today and was sentenced to six months in the county jail. He had been charged with murder. James K. Akiro, 47 years old man, who had been charged with murder seven months ago, was plead guilty of assault today and was sentenced to six months in county jail.

https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199846412/student/chapter8/exercise/exe rcise3/ ACTIVITY 2: WRITING COMPLETE NEWS STORIES

INSTRUCTIONS: Write complete news stories based on the following information. Critically examine the information’s language and organization, improving it whenever possible. To provide a pleasing change of pace, also use some quotations in your stories. Go beyond the superficial; unless your instructor tells you otherwise, assume that you have enough space to report every important and interesting detail. Correct any errors you may find in grammar, spelling, punctuation and AP style. Refer to the directory in your textbook for the proper spelling of names. 1. It was almost like a popular movie titled "Home Alone" that you may have happened to see in a theater or on a tape at home on your VCR. It involved an 11-year-old girl in your city, Andrea Jones of 4851 Edmee Cir. When you interviewed her today, Andrea said she doesn’t feel much like a hero. "I was scared," she said. "I thought he was going to see me and beat me up or something if he got in, so I tried to hide at first." In fact, Andrea used her imagination—and a baseball bat—to thwart a would-be burglar who tried to break into her familys home when she was home alone. The incident began when Andrea was home alone, watching television at approximately 6 p.m. last night. Her parents and 3 sisters had left the house to go pick up a pizza for dinner. They had been gone for only a few minutes and were due back very shortly. Andrea told you that she was watching television and heard a noise. "I saw a man at the window and ran to my bedroom to hide in the closet," she said. "Then I remembered the bat there. I went back into the dining room and saw this guy opening the window. He put his hand in first. He was coming in the window, and had his left hand on a table there. I took the bat and hit it as hard as I could. I, uh, really smashed it hard. He screamed like real loud, man, and ran away. Then, uh, I called 911." Police Detective Jack Noonan was at the scene and, when questioned by you, commented on the case, stating that: "Preferably, we would like to see someone in an incident like this call 911 first. It’s safer that way. Someone could get really hurt in a situation like this. In this case, the girl was lucky. She kept her head, and she was really brave about it. She was home alone and decided she should protect herself and her house. She must have really walloped the guy. There’s a lot of blood on the window and table, so now we’re looking for someone who’s injured." Police found the bad guy later last night. After the break-in, they notified hospital emergency wards to be on the look-out for a man suffering from trauma to his left hand and, shortly after 1 a.m., received a call from the Regional Medical Center, where a man matching a description Andrea gave the police came in for treatment of a very badly cut, broken, swollen, and painful left hand. He has been arrested and charged with attempted burglary. Police identified the man as Steve. An 11-year-old girl Andrea Jones used a baseball bat to deter a man who tried to enter their house illegally when she was left alone at home last night at Edmee Cir, Florida, about 6 pm.n Jabil, 23, of 800 Crestbrook Loop, Apt. 314. “ I was scared, I thought he was going to see me and beat me up for something if he got in” Andrea said. Investigation revealed that last night, at around 6pm, the incident occurred when Andrea's parents and sisters left the home. Andrea said he heard a sound and saw the intruder at the window, so he went to hide in the closet, but she recalled getting the bat, hitting the suspect as hard as she could, and then calling 911. We would like to see someone in an incident like this call 911 first. It’s safer that way. Someone could get really hurt in a situation like this. In this case, the girl was lucky. She

kept her head, and she was really brave about it. She was home alone and decided she should protect herself and her house. She must have really walloped the guy. There’s a lot of blood on the window and able, so now we’re looking for someone who’s injured. Police detective Jack Noonan said in an interview. The police told the emergency wards of the hospital to be on the look-out for a man suffering from injuries to his left hand and they got a call from the Regional Medical Center shortly after 1 a.m., where a man corresponding to a description Andrea gave the police came in for care. Steven Jabil, 23, of 800 Crest brook Loop, was named as the suspect. He was arrested and charged with attempted to bulgarly.

2. It was a fatal accident and involved two small planes. They collided at an estimated height of 800 feet above your city shortly after 8:30 a.m. today. Three people were aboard the planes. No one on the ground was seriously hurt, although the wreckage fell on and near several homes. "It could have been a lot worse," Police Chief Barry Koperud said. "People living in the area were very fortunate." The dead include the pilot of one plane, identified as Sharon Noruse of 4740 Valley View Lane. She was flying a single-engine Piper Cub. It collided in the air with a single-engine Cessna 172. The Piper, which was towing a banner, belonged to Aerial Promotions, Inc., said police. The pilot, Nouse, had worked for Aerial Promotions, Inc. for three months. The Cessna, carrying a flight instructor and his student, belonged to the Pratt Air Academy. The names of the two deceased individuals in the Cessna were withheld pending notification of their next of kin. Both businesses are located at the Municipal Airport. The Cessna crashed into the roof of the house owned by Bobby and Dawn Correia of 9542 Holbrook Dr. Some members of the family-Mrs. Correia and their youngest child, a boy named Sean, age four—were home at the time and ran out when the Cessna slammed into their home. They were not injured at all. The Correias retired to the home of a neighbor who said they were too distraught to be interviewed. Other family members later joined them there. A block away, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Amanpour and their two children, Casey and Carmen, were eating dinner when the Piper fell in front of their house at 823 E. Pierce Av. A fuel tank from the Cessna smashed into the ground in front of Trina Greenhouse, who was smoking a cigarette on her front porch at 9557 Holbrook Dr. She was taken to Regional Medical Center after she complained that fuel got into her eyes and was burning them. According to other eyewitnesses, the two planes were very close to each other. People at the airport said the planes apparently tried to land at the same time. They are in the process of reviewing air traffic control tapes to determine which plane had been given clearance to land. Some witnesses said they heard a dull thud moment before the planes plummeted to the ground. Ronald Lin said he was standing in his back yard at 6287 Airport Boulevard when the collision occurred. "It was a loud, dull impact," he said. "There was no explosion. It was more like a blunt impact. I looked up and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. There was a moment when both planes just seemed to stop in midair for a second, and then they both fell to the ground." Lori Kaeppler of 9540 Holbrook Dr., a neighbor of the Correias, said, "When it first hit, it sounded like a car hit our house or something. I ran to the front door and yelled to my husband, ëCall 911, we have a plane in the Correias house.’ There wasn’t any fire or anything, and I went in the house to see if I could help. I spotted this one guy in the wreckage in the kitchen, almost cut in half. Before our children were born, I worked as a nurse, and I reached in to feel his pulse but couldn’t find it. Later, I saw the other guy sprawled on our

roof. He must have been thrown there and, obviously, he was dead." Witnesses said it appeared the Cessna clipped the wing of the banner plane, then g...