1. 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 (briefness)
 Clarity
 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 The Inverted
most important Pyramid of news
Least
suggests that
interesting news be told in
or least order of most
important interesting or
important to least
interesting or
important

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Inverted Pyramid of News

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I’LL 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 W’s 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 school’s
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 multi-
colored 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
 Don’t 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 W’s and 1 H
 Quotations
 Details
 One paragraph, one sentence