The document discusses key concepts in news writing including what constitutes news, news values, types of news stories, and how to structure a news story. It defines news as a timely report of significant events and outlines news values such as proximity, timeliness, conflict, and human interest. The document also describes different types of news stories and emphasizes using an inverted pyramid structure with the most important information in the lead paragraph.

1. 2014 SCHOOLS PRESS
CONFERENCE

2. DISCUSSANT: MR. SAM V. EDILLO
NEWS WRITING

3. WHAT IS NEWS?
News is a timely factual report on events,
situations or ideas which are interesting
or significant to the public.

4. NEWS VALUES
PROXIMITY- nearness to a place or to the interest
of the readers
TIMELINESS- playing up the “now’ angle
ODDITY- unusualness
PROMINENCE- popularity, familiarity to the
readers.

5. PROMINENCE- popularity, familiarity to
readers
HUMAN INTEREST- appeal to the emotions
CONFLICT- physical and mental struggle
PROGRESS- improvement, constructive
change

6. SIGNIFICANCE- importance,
development of great consequence to the
readers
SEX- romance, marriage, divorce, people
NUMBER- breadth, extension of news

7. REMEMBER:
• What is news in one place may not
be news to another. What is news
today may not be news tomorrow.
What is news to a man may not be
news to a woman.

8. TYPES OF NEWS STORIES
A. ACCORDING TO APPROACH OR
TREATMENT
1.STRAIGHT NEWS- is straightforward
reporting of the 5 W’s and 1H according to
to the order of importance. This allows the
the busy reader to get hold of many
essentials in the story without going
beyond the lead.

9. EXAMPLE:
At least seven upperclassmen of the Philippine
National Police Training Center at Camp Mariano
Castañeda in Silang, Cavite were dismissed for
involvement in hazing and maltreatment of cadets,
reports reaching the Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG) said yesterday.

10. Who ?
7 upperclassmen of the Philippine National
Police Training Center
What ?
dismissed
Where?
Camp Mariano Castañeda in Silang, Cavite

11. When?
yesterday
Why?
For involvement in hazing and
maltreatment of
cadets

12. In-depth news- goes beyond the 5 W’s. The why and
how features are emphasized using authoritative
documents, citing statistics, and valid findings on the
the topic.
Example:
A recent survey by the Social Weather Stations
(SWS) showed that the satisfaction rating of the
president had decreased by 5 % in the first quarter of the
of the year, reports said yesterday.

13. 2. HUMAN INTEREST- appeals to the emotion and
attempts to make the reader laugh, cry, angry or
empathize with the subject.
Example:
Manila Zoo is resorting to air conditioning, ice
blocks, watermelons and fresh vegetables to keep animals
comfortable and healthy during the sweltering summer
heat, official media said to the press at Malacañan Palace
yesterday.

14. 4. NEWS FEATURE- is a narrative report of an
event particularly on technical or scientific reports.
reports.
Example:
An internationally renowed artist is and piano
piano virtuoso is scheduled to perform at the
Araneta Coliseum, July 4 to mark the observance
observance of the Philippine American Friendship
Friendship day.

15. B. ACCORDING TO TIME
1. ADVANCE STORY- is an account of an event that will
take place at some future time. It aims to arouse
interest in the event.
Example:
At least 42 Isidrian scribes will join the Division
Schools Press Conference this September 22 to compete
compete for the different journalistic disciplines in San
San Jose National High School.

16. 2. COVERAGE STORY- is a report of an event
that is taking place .
SPECIAL TYPE OF NEWS STORY
SPEECH STORY- includes the speaker and
his background, theme of the speech,
occasion, time an place, quotations,
description of audience, including unusual
unusual reaction.

17. Example:
“It is the many little steps, taken every day, that
lead to great success.”
This was the statement of Mrs. Delia R. Granale,
principal, San Isidro National High School (SINHS)
before the mammoth gathering of parents, teachers,
GPTA Officers, alumni and other take holders during
the School Summit 2012 held in the school grounds,
Sept. 3.

18. WRITING THE NEWS STORY
THE LEAD- answers the 5 W’s and 1 H
questions to provide quick identification
of persons, places, events necessary for
quick understanding of the story. It is
short but gives the summary of the whole
story.

19. CLASSIFICATIONS
THE SUMMARY LEAD- answers the 5 W’s
but it does not mean that answers to said
questions be overloaded in the first paragraph.
Answers to the other questions maybe found
in the next paragraph.

20. EXAMPLE:
John Loyd Maximo, Grade 8-Jose Rizal of
San Isidro National High School (SINHS) bagged
gold medal for having been adjudged as
Antipolo champion in an on the spot editorial
cartooning contest sponsored by the City
Government on Sept. 3 at Victory Park and Shop
Supermall.

21. 2. NOVELTY LEAD- does not give the summary
of the news story but serves as an attractive
introduction:
* Punch or astonisher
Periodical Test is abolished!
*Background/Descriptive lead
Everything that afternoon exuded an
impeccable sense of beauty, glamor, grace
style.

22. * Direct Quotation-consists of the speaker’s direct
quotation
*Question lead
Who says that honesty is dead?
*Literary, historical or mythological lead
Ridding government offices of misfits is a
Herculean
task.

23. FRAMEWORK OF THE LEAD
INVERTED PYRAMID- features the news
story according to decreasing order of
importance. The reader may stop
reading anywhere or at any point in the
story but misses no fact more important
than what he has already read.

24. who what where when why
how
Elaboration of the best W
Other details
Summary lead

25. Best W or feature
4 W’s and H
Other details
Novelty lead

26. POINTERS
Accuracy of facts should always be
observed.
Editorializing should be avoided.
Names should be written in full when first
mentioned.
Names mentioned should be properly
identified.
Do not crowd the lead.

27. Spell out single digit numbers, double digit in
numerical
Spell out acronyms when first used
Write the complete name when first used in the
story.
Do not fabricate details.
Avoid beginning a lead with figures , with articles
“a”, “an”, ‘the” or with ‘there” , “it”.

28. Keep the paragraph simple and short but not
very short. Avoid choppy ideas.
All direct and indirect quotations should be
placed in separate paragraphs.
Adjectives and adverbs should give way to
verbs and nouns.
Use active voice; but passive voice can be
used when necessary.

29. END

30. WRITING EXERCISE
WHO: 40 student journalists
WHAT: schools press conference
WHEN: September 11, 2014
WHERE: SINHS Reading Center
WHY: select participants for the Division Schools Press
Conference 2014
HOW: