News report and linear/non text

• Rachel E. Khan - she said that a news is an accurate and timely account of idea, issue, event that affect a significant number of people
• What are the characteristics of a good news?

  •Factual

  •accurate

  •concise

  •balance

  •objective

  •timely
• Where we cound find a sources for news?

  • an actual coverage of an event

  • interview of an expert or person in authority

  •document such as speech, research, press conference, policy statement
• Steps in making news reports

  • list down all the data

  • arrange the information in descending

  • play up the lead the most interesting and important role

  • present the other details of a news paragraph to answer the question that are not yet answered
• What is Lead?

  • it attract the reader attention and gives information ( no no boring )

  • 50% done if you made this
• Classification of lead

  Summary lead - useuse 5Ws and 1H

  Novel lead - it attract the readers by arousing his curiosity and interest
• Formula of lead


  Who + what + so what
• Formula of headline


  Subject + present verb + object
• Quotation lead uses a signal mark
• Remember in news writing

  • keep your story brief

  • be objective, the writer must be detached from news. Don't use I, we, my, mine, us, you, your, yours

  •look for usual angle

  • use style guide

  • one sentence ,one paragraph

  • provide a good headline
• Linear text

  Definition - tradition text that needs to be read from beginning to the end

  Reading path - one reading path which is decided by author

  Content - printed text like essay, novel, short story, article etc

  Efficiency - it take time to find information reader looking for
• Non linear text

  Definition- does not needs to read from beginning to end

  Reading path -multiple pathway which is divided by reader

  Content- digital text like graphic organizer, flow chart, chart, diagram

  Efficiency- it allow the reader to fine information more efficiently 
• Transcode - toto transform something into a new state
• Steps Transcoding from linear to non linesr vice versa

  Step 1 - read and understand the source text to get main idea or central

  Step 2 - extract important information to be included in visual presentation

  Step 3 - remember to use word or phrases only

  Step 4 - to be organize, classify information into categories

  Step 5- make sure to use appropriate non-linear text in presenting visual information
• Linear to non-linear


  • read and get the main point

  •extract necessary information

  • use word oror phases only

  •classify information into categories

  • make sure to use the correct non-linear text to present your information
• Non-linear to linear


  • look at the details carefully

  • find the gist, the important and summary of information

  •write what was the diagram about and your interpretation from the given information