News, Features and Review Writing

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• UNIT 5
• News, Features and Review Writing

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A. News Writing1. Hard, Soft and Investigative
News

• 1. Hard news
• - important news about an issue that involves
  the impact on the people. Written in the inverted
  pyramid.
• 2. Soft news
• - less important news about humanity. Written in
  a narrative like features.
• 3. Investigation news
• - is an effort involves collecting confidential
  information from person or agency.

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How the journalist transformed the information
into news?1.Descriptive News Writing

• Paints a word portrait of a person, place, even
  event. It also known as a situation lead. Or
  Interpretation of a situation with a view implies
  a physical form of an object.
• Example-1. Air Boss looked aft. Through the
  haze of
• 2. He has a large and blue eyes

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• 2.Informative News WritingIt is a statement that
  gives facts about a matter.
• Example-
• Putrajaya "Do not give MyKad to anyone, even if
  the individual officer admits Election Commission
  (EC) without validation, store in a secret pocket
  ... when it arrived at the polling centers out to
  give to the officer there, "said EC chairman Tan
  Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.

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• 3. Evaluative News Writing
• This is a form of story in which the reporter is
  free to interpret the news the way he or she sees
  it. S/He is allowed to inject his own biased but
  expert opinion, editorialize and pass comments on
  the fact being reported. Evaluative stories
  require additional facts, detailed explanations
  and logical analysis.

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• Special News Writing is divided into four
• 1. Catastrophic news (accident, fire)
• 2. Sport news
• 3. Economic news
• 4. Crime news

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• 1. Catastrophic news
• involved the emotional impact to audience or
  society.

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• According to Jeniri (2011), should focus on -
• 1. Who involved
• 2. what positions
• 3. How many people killed
• 4. How many people seriously injured
• 5. Age
• 6. How the accident happened
• 7. Why the accident happened
• 8. Where the accident happened
• 9. At what time it occurs

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• 2. Sport News
• Sports news equally important with other news
  such as politics, economics, education and crime.
• According to Mustakim (2010), sports news began
  as light reading material and entertainment.

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• The world's first sports newspaper is American
  Turf Register. Published in 1829 and is cover
  horse racing competitions
• .

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• According to Herbert (2000), when writing sports
  news should focus on -
• 1. Name of the team
• 2. Where matches were played
• 3. When it runs
• 4. Key players
• 5. Statement from the players
• 6. Who is injured
• 7. Effect game to opponents

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• 3. Economic News
• It is a report on the economy, the profit and
  loss of business and the financial system.
• When writing economic news, journalists should
  have the right facts and information. Any errors
  report such as a decimal point will affect the
  information.

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• This is because economic news is read by two
  groups -
• a. Ordinary readers
• b. An expert readers

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4. Crime News

• Crime news is reporting of criminal cases.
  Examples corruption, murder, robbery, etc..

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B. Feature Writing

• Less important (compare than hard news) news
  about humanity. Written in a narrative. There are
  a few types of features writing-
• PERSONALITY OR PROFILE- are usually written about
  people with their cooperation.
• CULTURAL FEATURE WRITING - all about people's
  beliefs, their values, the attitudes,
• TOURISM
• Political Writing
• Economic Writing
• SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY FEATURE WRITING
• Entertainment

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c. Review Writing

• You have to summarize plot or action. You will
  find it helpful if you organize your review into
  different areas. There is no set order for a
  review, but here are some of the areas you might
  consider

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• The Opening
• What are your first impressions?
• Is it exciting? Moody? Atmospheric? Gripping?
• Can you predict what is going to happen?

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• 2. The Plot
• Is it believable?
• What type of story is it? E.g. horror, adventure
  etc.
• Is there an exciting climax?
• Are there any surprises or twists?
• Is it easy to understand?

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• 3. Characters
• Describe the main characters.
• What problems does the main character have?
• Which characters do you like or dislike? Why?
• How does the main character develop/change?
• Are the characters well-described/acted?
• What do the characters learn?

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• 4. Miscellaneous
• What are the best/worst parts?
• Is there a message to be learned?
• Can you compare this with other works?
• Is there anything different/special about this
  work?

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