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Elements That Make News

The document defines news as a factual report of events that can vary in interest and relevance over time. It outlines key elements of news, types of news stories based on scope, chronology, structure, treatment, and content, and describes minor forms of news such as news briefs and bulletins. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of accuracy, timeliness, and various storytelling techniques in journalism.

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Elements That Make News

The document defines news as a factual report of events that can vary in interest and relevance over time. It outlines key elements of news, types of news stories based on scope, chronology, structure, treatment, and content, and describes minor forms of news such as news briefs and bulletins. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of accuracy, timeliness, and various storytelling techniques in journalism.

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ELEMENTS THAT MAKE NEWS

NEWS DEFINED
News is an oral or written report of a past, present, future event. It should be factual, truthful, accurate,
unbiased, and interesting. But what is interesting to one is not always interesting to another. What is hot
news today may be irrelevant tomorrow.

ELEMENTS OF NEWS
 Conflict  Names  Progress
 Immediacy or  Drama  Animals
Timeliness  Oddity or Unusualness  Number
 Proximity or Nearness  Romance and  Emotion
 Prominence Adventure
 Significance  Sex

TYPES OF NEWS STORIES


 Scope or Origin
A. Local News- Report of events that take place within the immediate locality.
B. National News- News that takes place within the country.
C. Dateline News- News preceded by the date and place of origin or place where it was written of field:
Tokyo, Jan. 20 (AP)

 Chronology or Sequence
A. Advance or Anticipated News- News published before its occurrence, sometimes called dope or
prognostication. The reporter foretells events expected to occur at a definite time in the future.
B. Spot News- News that are gathered and reported on the spot. It deals with unscheduled information
demanding immediate publication. The reporter himself is an eyewitness to the event that took
place.
C. Coverage News- News written from a given beat. Both spot news and coverage news are good
example of first-hand reporting.
D. Follow-up news- It is a sequel to a previous story. Having a new lead of its own, it is a second, third,
or subsequent chapter of a serial.

 Structure
A. Straight News- News that consists of facts given straight without embellishment. Its main aim is to
inform. It uses summary lead and is written using the inverted pyramid structure.
B. News-feature- It is also based on facts, but it entertains more than it informs. It uses the suspended
interest structure like the narrative. In writing a news-feature, the writer may give his impression, may
describe and narrate, but without resorting to biased opinion, without editorializing.

 Treatment
A. Fact Story- This is a plane exposition setting forth a single situation or a series of closely related
facts that inform. It is written in the inverted pyramid design.
B. Action Story- A narrative of actions involving not mere simple facts but also of dramatic events,
description of persons and events, perhaps testimony of witnesses, as well as explanatory data. Sports
game, competitions, accidents, and war reports are examples of action stories.
C. Speech Report- A news story usually written from a public address, talks, and speeches.
D. Quote Story- Speeches, statements, and letters, and to some extent, interviews when reported, are
regarded as quote stories. All are based on recorded information, either written or spoken, and
transcribed by the reporter in the form of news.
E. Interview Story- A news report written from an interview.

 Content
A. Routine Story- celebrations, enrollment, graduation, election stories reported year in and year out.
B. Police Reports- accident, fire, calamity, crime stories, kidnapping, terrorism, murder, and robbery.
C. Science News
D. Developmental News
E. Sports News

 Minor Forms
A. News Brief- A short item of news interest, written like a brief telegraphic message, giving mainly
the result with details.
B. News Bulletin- It is similar to the lead of a straight news story. its aim is just to give the gist of the
news.
C. News-featurette- This is a short news-feature usually used as fillers.
D. Flash- A bulletin that conveys the first word of an event.

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