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W E
S
A man aged 25 marrying
A 9 year old a girl aged 20?
girl going to or a man aged 55
primary school? marrying a girl aged 15?
to high school?
or to university?
NEWS
A car killing a chicken?
a pig?
or a child?
Timeliness
Policy
Proximity News Values
Importance
Timeliness
First
Implies
determinant
Reason for immediacy
when
the news or
deciding if
story nearness to
facts of
the present
story are
newsworthy
Proximity
Becomes a
Measures the
stronger
magnitude
determinant as
and
the magnitude or
significance
significance
of the event
affects more of
the audience
Policy
CONFLICT PROGRESS
refers to all types the improvements
of struggles made by many
UNUSUALNESS HUMAN
covers the rare, out INTEREST
of the ordinary, events that have a
odd and often strong affect on or
unforeseen ideas, appeal to human
events or situation emotions
d d it iona l NEWS Va lues
Ad d it iona l…A
the BIGGER
Big
the event, How much
NAMES
more likely MONEY is
Make,
to be involved?
Big News
covered
K I S S
– (18 is perfect!)
– no jargon
The Inverted Pyramid
Body
Order of
Importance
5 Ws & H
Second Paragraph
Body
Should further explain the subject
matter
No opinions
Putting it all together
Attribute information
It is a chronicle of current
events/incidents and is the
most common news style on
the front page of your
typical newspaper.
It starts with a summary
lead.
Lead of Hard News
DESCRIBE it to
A feature story is a prominent news
story written like a piece of short fiction.
Presented by:
Cherry Con-ui Bertulfo, MAEd - ELT
An Expresses
informed a point of
opinion view
Editorial
the
consensus
of the group Voice of the
— editorial organization
board
The Process
Pick an issue.
Get in early.
Don’t overreach.
Be consistent.
Writing the Editorial
Keep it short.
200 - 400 words would do…
for special cases —1,200 words for the cover ed
500 for the one inside
Writing the Editorial