Mr.

Antonio Delgado Campus Journalism Training-Workshop July 11, 2012 Blessed Children Integrated School

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Must

have a nose for news Must be able to tell the truth Must not be afraid of people Must be knowledgeable in style Must be able to finish articles on time

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Reporting

news for media Gathering news Journalism as practiced in schools is known as campus journalism.

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NEWS is information about current events printed in newspapers or broadcast by the media. --Microsoft Encarta, 2009.

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Recent

information Current events Somebody or something interesting Something previously unknown

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Timeliness
Proximity

or Nearness Significance Prominence Oddity or Unusualness Conflict Progress

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Classroom

story Enrolment story Meeting story Program/Party Story Honor roll

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Awards

story School Improvement story Election story School Organization/Club story Out-of-School Activity

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Accuracy
Brevity Clarity

(briefness)

Objectivity

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offices,

departments, library School calendar Invitations and Memos Different clubs and organizations Sports teams Students and teachers Community

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Straight

news consists of facts reported without elaboration News feature based on facts; writer may give his impressions, may describe and narrate without resorting to biased opinion

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Most interesting or most important

Least interesting or least important

The Inverted Pyramid of news suggests that news be told in order of most interesting or important to least interesting or important

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Inverted Pyramid of News

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ILL TAKE THE LEAD!

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The

1st paragraph: Most important part of the article, summarizes the story The Hook: Arouses the readers interest Answers right away the most important questions: 5 Ws and 1 H

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Who?
What? Where?

When?
Why? How?

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Depending on the nature of the story and its driving news elements, a lead can focus on one or a few of the six question words.

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Many

students in BCIS are getting bald

early. The BCIS board had a meeting. The meeting was held last night. They ate chicharon during the meeting. One of the causes of baldness might be the wearing of caps. The board passed a resolution banning the wearing of hats in the school. The board voted 9-1 in favor of the resolution.

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Who? The school board passed a resolution last night banning the wearing of caps in all school buildings.
What? Cap wearing was banned in all

school buildings last night after the school board passed a new resolution.

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Where? In Blessed Children Integrated

School last night, the school board passed a resolution to ban the wearing of caps in all school buildings. When? Last night, the school board passed a resolution banning cap wearing in all school buildings.

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How? By a 9-1 margin last night, the

school board passed a resolution banning cap wearing inside the school premises. Why? Citing a pattern of early-onset baldness in BCIS students, the school board last night passed a resolution that restricts cap wearing in all school buildings.

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Astonisher Lead Better attend your classes on November 5! Contrast Lead Twenty years ago, he was the schools janitor. Now, he came back to become the college dean. Epigram Lead verse, quotation Like father, like son

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Picture Lead describes to create a mental picture of the subject. The new dean, although only in his 30s, is already silver-haired. Background Lead describes the setting Decorated with buntings and multicolored lights, the quadrangle became a grand setting for a barrio fiesta as GJC celebrated its..

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Parody Lead a parody of a well-known song or poem Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream.. This must be the desperate conclusion of a 45-year old man who killed himself.. Punch Lead - short, forceful, explosive God is dead!

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Quotation Lead Ignorance, not poverty, causes malnutrition. Thus revealed former Isabela governor Grace Padaca to Question Lead Who will be the next Ms. Intramurals? The answer will be known on

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Pack

the most important info in one sentence Start with the most important or unusual idea of the news event. Go direct to the point

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Rarely

use the when and where

leads Use less than 30 words Dont start with articles: a, an, the Do not mention names in the lead unless the person is well-known

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WHAT A GREAT BODY!

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The

details of the lead Arranged from most important to the least important One sentence, one paragraph Sentences are generally less than 25 words Include quotations from at least two different people

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Make

sure your facts are accurate Keep your sentences short. Avoid long and complex words. Be specific. Use adjectives sparingly. Do not editorialize. Write in the third person.

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POINTERS: 5 Ws and 1 H Quotations Details One paragraph, one sentence