Journalistic Writing

• NEWSPAPER


  a publication and form of mass communication and mass media usually issued daily, weekly, or at other regular times that provides news, views, features, and other information of public interest and that often carries advertising.
• TWO TYPES OF NEWSPAPER

  Tabloid Newspaper and Broadsheet Newspaper
• Tabloid Newspaper


  Cheap small pages, short articles, and lots of photographs. Usually written in Filipino and has the same size of a short bond paper.
• Broadsheet Newspaper


  Large sheets of paper are designed with columns that comprise a standard format newspaper.
• Journalistic writing


  is also known as journalism. It is a TYPE of writing that presents news and information.
• Purpose of Journalistic Writing

  to EMPOWER READERS with information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, communities, societies, and government.
• Ways of journalistic writing

  print media(printed): newspaper, magazines

  broadcast media: tv, radio, internet (social medias, websites)
• Journalist


  they write stories for the readers or audience. engage and amuse them.
• Journalist (obligation and goal)


  tell the truth, find new interesting things, and their goal is to make the readers read their story.
• Verified facts


  Journalist must make a fair and reliable account of what they are writing about.
• Focus on the reader


  journalists must put their readers above their personal interests or assumptions.
• Avoid presumptions or generalizations


  a writer should get both sides of an issue before presenting a news story.
• Free from bias


  Journalistic text must be open-minded and independent.
• Significant, interesting, and relevant


  A journalist's text must be worthy of reading, amuse the reader, and relatable(up to date)
• Types of journalistic text

  hard news report, editorial or opinion article, feature article, sports news article
• Hard news report or news report


  -tackles the events of the day

  -includes news from local, national, and international.

  -focuses on important facts (in the lead), rest talks about the details that elaborate the lead.
• Editorial or opinion article


  -not considered a news article because it is based on the writer's opinion and does not narrate events.

  -informed reasoned arguments for or against a position or idea.

  -urges the readers to address a point of view or take an action about a particular position or issue

  -commonly written by one of the newspaper editors.
• Feature Article


  -appeals to the readers' INTERESTS

  -about famous public figures, history of past events or places, hobbies, local, events, or reviews about books, restaurants, fashion, etc

  -more personal and in-depth approach to a news event

  -longer(descriptive and vivid) and is written like a magazine article

  -may contain more photos since its goal is to entertain
• Sports news article


  -focuses on games and sporting events

  -aims to show the drama and excitement of the actual game

  -writers must be knowledgeable of the rules of the sport, details of the athletes, officials, and past records and play.

  -also includes opinion and inverted triangle
• General format of a journalistic text

  headline, byline, placeline, lead, body, and quotations
• Headline


  -title of a newspaper article (printed in large letters)

  -should be catchy to attract readers to read on
• Byline


  name of the writer and their specialty (sports, news, crime, features, etc)
• placeline


  where the story or event happens usually found in the lead
• lead


  -consists of 25-30 words

  -opening paragraph of a news story

  -summarizes 5w's and H

  -it gives the MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION in a clear and concise manner.
• Body


  -composed of paragraphs that succeed the lead

  -arranged according to lead of importance
• Quotations


  -words/statements said by a person in the story

  -adds accuracy to the story
• 5Ws and H

  what, why, when, where, who, and how