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2020-2021

GLOBAL RECIPROCAL COLLEGES

BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
CAMPUS JOURNALISM

Prepared by:
JOSEPH C. DELA PEÑA, MAEd
Faculty, College of Education
 NEWSWRITING

Time Frame : Week 3-4

I. LEARNING OUTCOMES

This module will help you to:

1. define what news is;
2. identify the three factors essential to news, elements of news, different sources of campus
news, requirements of good news gathering;
3. recognize the structure of news and the types of lead;
4. define lead and give its function in the news story;
5. recognize the functions of the body of the news story and the five Ws and H;and
6. write different kinds of lead and news article.

II. REVIEW
Read each item carefully. Circle the letter of the best answer.
C 1.A ___is a publication, either printed or mimeographed, put out by the student staff in a
school.
A. journalism C. campus paper
B. journalist D. newspaper

D 2. This is defined as the enjoyable activity of the staff of the campus paper in collecting,
organizing and presenting news, writing editorials, columns, features and literary articles,
taking pictures, cartooning, copyreading, proofreading, dummying and writing headlines.
A. Journalism C. Campus Paper
B. Newspapering D. Campus Journalism
A 3. This is defined by a prolific and popular journalist and writer as “literature in a hurry”
A. Journalism C. Campus Paper
B. Newspapering D. Campus Journalism
C 4. The prolific and popular writer mentioned in no. 8 is ________________.
A. F. Fraser Bond C. Jose A. Quirino
B. Cory Aquino D. Harold Spears
A 5. He defines journalism as “something that embraces all forms in which and through
which the news and comments on the news reach the public.”
A. F. Fraser Bond C. Jose A. Quirino
B. Cory Aquino D. Harold Spears
C 6. The few school publications were a combination of literary effort, news, and historical
records; the driving force behind them was the _______.
A. Newsletter C. literary essays
B. National events D. young journalists
C 7. “Where there is a _________ there is a need for a news organ”. Complete this
statement
A. committee C. student body
 B. writers D. school
B 8. In 1990s, the account of the athlete contest, the notice of the school society, the
personal item, and the various other copies now accepted as the ________.
A. newspaper C. literary essays
B. school paper D. feature story
D 9. After 1920s, the literary essays gave way to _____.
A. broad sheets C. journalism contest
B. tabloid D. feature story
A,B 10- 12 Choose three meanings of journalism
A. Journalism is a “ literary in a hurry” because day-to-day newspaper reporters
seldom have the luxury of time in writing their news stories; they have deadlines to
meet.
B. Journalism is something that embraces all forms in which and through which the
news and comments on the news reach the public
C. Journalism is a big business today, financially and educationally. The enormous
sum invested by advertisers, students and schools shows the extent of the
undertaking.

III. PRETEST
Read each item carefully. Circle the letter of the best answer.
B 1. The basis of all news is ______.
a. observation c. human interest
b. fact d. opinion
B,C,E 2-4. Choose three factors that are essential to news.
a. readers c. reliable e. human interest
b. factual d. interesting
A,C,D 5-7. Choose three sources of campus news
a. school handbook c. school organ
b. beats d. press releases
B 8. It is the one-sentence paragraph that summarizes the contents of the news.
a. introduction c. topic sentence
b. lead d. main idea
A 9. The straight news has a format of _______.
a. inverted pyramid c. paragraph form
b. pyramid d. sentence form
C 10. Accuracy, simplicity and ______ are requisites of a good news story
a. conciseness c. clarity
b. brevity d. precision
B 11. Words such as some, several and all are allowed in news writing.
a. TRUE c. MAYBE
b. FALSE d. SOMETIMES
D 12. Editorializing is the putting of the writer’s opinion in the story. This is _____ in an
objective news reporting.
a. true c. taboo
b. acceptable d. inexcusable

A 13. This is considered as the soul of the newspaper.

a. feature article c. sports article
 b. news article d. editorial article

14-20 TRUE OR FALSE:

A. TRUE B. FALSE
TRUE 14. Proximity or timeliness refers not only to geographical nearness but also to
interest nearness
FALSE 15. The element of drama adds vitality and color to a news story.
FALSE 16. Progress includes persons, places, things, and situations known to the public by
reason of wealth, social position, achievement, or previous publicity.
FALSE 17. Prominence involves any significant change for the betterment of mankind.
TRUE 18. Consequence refers to importance or breadth of appeal
FALSE 19. The basis of all the news is fantasy.
TRUE 20. The news must be interesting. The degree and breadth of interest vary.

V. ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: LEAD WRITING EXERCISES

EXERCISE 1 : Using the facts below, answer the following questions, then write a lead
paragraph that answers these questions:
WHAT HAPPENED? -fire accident
WHO DID IT HAPPEN TO? -67 year old, retired head librarian Elizabeth kinzki
WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? -Daniel st. champaign
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN -10 pm last night
WHY DID IT HAPPEN -the fire started at the kitchen, from a short in the
kitchen range.
1. About 10 last night the Champaign Fire Department dispatched a truck to the residence of
Elizabeth Klinski, age 67, on Daniel Street.
2. She had attended a concert at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and returned to
her home around 10.
3. She found smoke pouring from a kitchen window and called the fire department.
4. Damage was estimated at $15,000.
5. Fire-fighters said the fire started in the kitchen, probably from a short in the kitchen range.
6. Mrs. Klinski’s pet cat, Butterball, was found dead in the living room.
7. Fire-fighters arrived at 10:14 and had the fire out by 10:25.
8. Mrs. Klinski’s husband Tom died 14 years ago. She lives alone.
9. She has lived in Champaign for 46 years.
10. She is retired from the Champaign library system, where she had served as head librarian.
11. Her three children are grown and live out of town.
12. She is an avid reader of English classic novels. She particularly enjoys Charles Dickens,
Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson.
EXERCISE 2: Write a hard-news lead of 25 words or less using these facts:
1. The Champaign City Council met Tuesday night at its usual place, the city hall at Neil and
University downtown.
 2. Among the items on the agenda was a proposal to increase property taxes.
3. The resolution called for the city to receive $5,229,000 from property taxes in the next
fiscal year.
4. That’s an increase of $248,000 or about 4.8 percent.
5. The increase was approved by a 9-0 vote.
6. The new tax rate will cost the owner of a home valued at $75,000 about $345.
The champaign city council main agenda on the meeting last Tuesday night at the city hall at niel and university
downtown, was the approval of resolution on the increase of the property tax.

Exercise 3: Using the facts below, write a hard-news lead of 25 words or less.
1. The two candidates for mayor of Champaign debated last night at Central High School.
2. The debate was sponsored by the League of Women Voters. About 245 people attended.
Three-hundred people had been expected.
3. Republican candidate Mack Abraham said he would try to accomplish three things if
elected: (1) He would add new businesses to Marketplace Mall; (2) He would crack down on
drinking by university students in Campus town; (3) he would streamline council meetings.
4. Democratic candidate Maya Evans, the incumbent, accused Abraham of trying to give
something to everyone. She said she had learned that Abraham’s largest contributor was a
major backer of Marketplace Mall.
5. Abraham said he had not received any money from anyone connected with the mall.
6. Questioned from the audience, Abraham said he would make public the names of donors
only by the dates required by law, and not before.
7. League of Women Voters President Sally Harm thanked the candidates for a good debate
and said she thought the evening was a success.
Maya Evan’s the democratic candidate accused the republican candidate Mark Abraham of being the largest
contributor of market place hall , in the debate held at central high school last night.

Exercise 4: Using the facts below, write a hard-news lead of 25 words or less.
1. James A. Thatcher, a correspondent for a group of English newspapers who is based in
Washington, D.C., will speak Thursday night at 7:30 in the Illini Union, Room D.
2. His topic will be “The Bush Legacy.”
3. Thatcher is on a speaking tour of the United States in connection with the recent
publication of his book, “The Unjust Society.”
4. The book is a strong condemnation of the presidency of George W. Bush for what he says
is Bush’s “turning over the country to the acquisitive, the greedy and the plutocrats of
wealth.” He said Bush’s presidency had launched “an era of greed.”
5. The talk is sponsored by the Political Affairs Society, a university organization that
sponsors monthly talks at the union. Admission is free.
James Thatcher, a correspondent for a group of English newspapers will speak his topic
“the Bush Legacy” on Thursday night at 7:30 in the Illini Union.

Exercise 5: Condensing Lengthy Leads

Condense each of these leads to no more than two typed lines, or about 20 words.

1. Roger Datolli, 67, of 845 Conway Road, a retired attorney and husband of Mayor
Sabrina Datolli, who is serving her fourth term as mayor, was injured in a three-vehicle
 accident Thursday afternoon around 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of Warren and
Davidson avenues, suffering a broken leg and several broken ribs when the car he was
driving was struck broadside by a pickup truck driven by Jerry R. Harris, 31, of 2245
Broadway Ave., and then was pushed into the path of another vehicle.

Mayor Sabrina Datolli’s, husband Robert Datolli got envolve in a three vehicle
accident and sustained injuries at the intersection of warren and Davidson avenues
around 3:20pm last Thursday.

2. The city Planning and Zoning Commission met Thursday for its regularly scheduled 
meeting and voted 3-2 to approve a joint plan by the citys Council of Government and
the local Chamber of Commerce to renovate the core downtown business district by
building a convention center and sports arena complex that will serve as a site for
business meetings and conferences as well as possibly host a minor league hockey team
on the Olympic-size ice rink planned for the site.

Husband of Mayor Sabrina Datolli, Roger Datolli was injured in a three-vehicle accident at the
intersection of Warren and Davidson avenues around 3:20 pm last Thursday.

Using The Proper Sentence Structure

Rewrite the following leads, using the normal word order: subject, verb, direct object.
Avoid starting the leads with a long clause or phrase. You may want to divide some of
the leads into several sentences or paragraphs. Correct all errors.

1. Wondering whether or not it was legally possible and if they could muster enough votes to
support their desire to see changes implemented in the downtown historic section of the city,
city council members Sandra Gandolf and Alice Cycler at the regular monthly city council
meeting raised the issue of having the city's planning and zoning commission look into the
possibility of creating a local board to oversee changes to buildings within the six-block
downtown historic district.

The city council members sandra gandolf and alice cycler, in the meeting raised the issue for the
possibility of creating local board for the desired changes of the downtown historic district.

2. Because the victim contributed in large measure to his own death by refusing medical
attention that might have saved his life after the incident, James K. Arico, the 47-year-old
man accused of stabbing him in the chest during an argument seven months ago, was allowed
to plead guilty to assault today and was sentenced to six months in the county jail. He had
been charged with murder.

James K. Akiro, 47 years old man, who had been charged with murder seven months ago, was plead guilty
of assault today and was sentenced to six months in county jail.

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ACTIVITY 2: WRITING COMPLETE NEWS STORIES

INSTRUCTIONS: Write complete news stories based on the following information. Critically
examine the information’s language and organization, improving it whenever possible. To
provide a pleasing change of pace, also use some quotations in your stories. Go beyond the
superficial; unless your instructor tells you otherwise, assume that you have enough space to
report every important and interesting detail. Correct any errors you may find in grammar,
spelling, punctuation and AP style. Refer to the directory in your textbook for the proper spelling
of names.

1. It was almost like a popular movie titled "Home Alone" that you may have happened to see
in a theater or on a tape at home on your VCR. It involved an 11-year-old girl in your city,
Andrea Jones of 4851 Edmee Cir. When you interviewed her today, Andrea said she doesn’t
feel much like a hero. "I was scared," she said. "I thought he was going to see me and beat
me up or something if he got in, so I tried to hide at first." In fact, Andrea used her
imagination—and a baseball bat—to thwart a would-be burglar who tried to break into her
familys home when she was home alone. The incident began when Andrea was home alone,
watching television at approximately 6 p.m. last night. Her parents and 3 sisters had left the
house to go pick up a pizza for dinner. They had been gone for only a few minutes and were
due back very shortly. Andrea told you that she was watching television and heard a noise. "I
saw a man at the window and ran to my bedroom to hide in the closet," she said. "Then I
remembered the bat there. I went back into the dining room and saw this guy opening the
window. He put his hand in first. He was coming in the window, and had his left hand on a
table there. I took the bat and hit it as hard as I could. I, uh, really smashed it hard. He
screamed like real loud, man, and ran away. Then, uh, I called 911." Police Detective Jack
Noonan was at the scene and, when questioned by you, commented on the case, stating that:
"Preferably, we would like to see someone in an incident like this call 911 first. It’s safer that
way. Someone could get really hurt in a situation like this. In this case, the girl was lucky.
She kept her head, and she was really brave about it. She was home alone and decided she
should protect herself and her house. She must have really walloped the guy. There’s a lot of
blood on the window and table, so now we’re looking for someone who’s injured." Police
found the bad guy later last night. After the break-in, they notified hospital emergency wards
to be on the look-out for a man suffering from trauma to his left hand and, shortly after 1
a.m., received a call from the Regional Medical Center, where a man matching a description
Andrea gave the police came in for treatment of a very badly cut, broken, swollen, and
painful left hand. He has been arrested and charged with attempted burglary. Police identified
the man as Steve.

An 11-year-old girl Andrea Jones used a baseball bat to deter a man who tried to enter
their house illegally when she was left alone at home last night at Edmee Cir, Florida,
about 6 pm.n Jabil, 23, of 800 Crestbrook Loop, Apt. 314.

“ I was scared, I thought he was going to see me and beat me up for something if he got
in” Andrea said.
Investigation revealed that last night, at around 6pm, the incident occurred when
Andrea's parents and sisters left the home. Andrea said he heard a sound and saw the
intruder at the window, so he went to hide in the closet, but she recalled getting the bat,
hitting the suspect as hard as she could, and then calling 911.
We would like to see someone in an incident like this call 911 first. It’s safer that way.
Someone could get really hurt in a situation like this. In this case, the girl was lucky.
She kept her head, and she was really brave about it. She was home alone and decided
she should protect herself and her house. She must have really walloped the guy.
 There’s a lot of blood on the window and able, so now we’re looking for someone who’s
injured. Police detective Jack Noonan said in an interview.

The police told the emergency wards of the hospital to be on the look-out for a man
suffering from injuries to his left hand and they got a call from the Regional Medical
Center shortly after 1 a.m., where a man corresponding to a description Andrea gave
the police came in for care. Steven Jabil, 23, of 800 Crest brook Loop, was named as the
suspect. He was arrested and charged with attempted  to bulgarly.

2. It was a fatal accident and involved two small planes. They collided at an estimated height of
800 feet above your city shortly after 8:30 a.m. today. Three people were aboard the planes.
No one on the ground was seriously hurt, although the wreckage fell on and near several
homes. "It could have been a lot worse," Police Chief Barry Koperud said. "People living in
the area were very fortunate." The dead include the pilot of one plane, identified as Sharon
Noruse of 4740 Valley View Lane. She was flying a single-engine Piper Cub. It collided in
the air with a single-engine Cessna 172. The Piper, which was towing a banner, belonged to
Aerial Promotions, Inc., said police. The pilot, Nouse, had worked for Aerial Promotions,
Inc. for three months. The Cessna, carrying a flight instructor and his student, belonged to the
Pratt Air Academy. The names of the two deceased individuals in the Cessna were withheld
pending notification of their next of kin. Both businesses are located at the Municipal
Airport. The Cessna crashed into the roof of the house owned by Bobby and Dawn Correia of
9542 Holbrook Dr. Some members of the family-Mrs. Correia and their youngest child, a
boy named Sean, age four—were home at the time and ran out when the Cessna slammed
into their home. They were not injured at all. The Correias retired to the home of a neighbor
who said they were too distraught to be interviewed. Other family members later joined them
there. A block away, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Amanpour and their two children, Casey and
Carmen, were eating dinner when the Piper fell in front of their house at 823 E. Pierce Av. A
fuel tank from the Cessna smashed into the ground in front of Trina Greenhouse, who was
smoking a cigarette on her front porch at 9557 Holbrook Dr. She was taken to Regional
Medical Center after she complained that fuel got into her eyes and was burning them.
According to other eyewitnesses, the two planes were very close to each other. People at the
airport said the planes apparently tried to land at the same time. They are in the process of
reviewing air traffic control tapes to determine which plane had been given clearance to land.
Some witnesses said they heard a dull thud moment before the planes plummeted to the
ground. Ronald Lin said he was standing in his back yard at 6287 Airport Boulevard when
the collision occurred. "It was a loud, dull impact," he said. "There was no explosion. It was
more like a blunt impact. I looked up and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. There was a
moment when both planes just seemed to stop in midair for a second, and then they both fell
to the ground." Lori Kaeppler of 9540 Holbrook Dr., a neighbor of the Correias, said, "When
it first hit, it sounded like a car hit our house or something. I ran to the front door and yelled
to my husband, ëCall 911, we have a plane in the Correias house.’ There wasn’t any fire or
anything, and I went in the house to see if I could help. I spotted this one guy in the wreckage
in the kitchen, almost cut in half. Before our children were born, I worked as a nurse, and I
reached in to feel his pulse but couldn’t find it. Later, I saw the other guy sprawled on our
roof. He must have been thrown there and, obviously, he was dead." Witnesses said it
 appeared the Cessna clipped the wing of the banner plane, then got caught up in the banner,
sending both to the ground.

In a mid-air collision that occurred at 8:30 am this morning, a single-engine Cessna 172
and Piper Cub with three people on board crashed near several homes along Holbrook
Dr.
It was a fatal accident that killed one pilot, identified as 4740 Valley View Lane's
Sharon Noruse, who was flying a single-engine Piper Cub when her plane collided in
the air with a single Cessna 172 engine carrying a flight instructor and his student.
At an approximate height of 800 cm above the city, the collision happened. Police said
during the investigation that the piper was towing a banner belonging to Aerial
Promotions, Inc. Nobody was badly injured on the field.
“It could have been a lot worse” Police Chief Barry Koperud said. “People living in the
area were very fortunate”
The Cessna crashed into the roof of the house owned by Bobby and Dawn Correia of
9542 Holbrook Dr. Some members of the family-Mrs. Correia and their youngest child,
a boy named Sean, age four—were home at the time and ran out when the Cessna
slammed into their home. They were not injured at all.
Some witnesses said that they heard a dull thud just before the aircraft fell to the
ground. "No blast occurred. More of a blunt force, it was. I looked up and couldn't
trust what I saw. "Lori Kaeppler, a neighbor of the Correias, where the piper crashed,
said, "There was a moment when both planes only seemed to pause in mid-air for a
second, and then they both fell to the ground.

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ACTIVITY 4: INTERVIEW FOR NEWS ACTICLE

Cut out a news article from a broadsheet newspaper, mount it in the space provided herein
and identify the answers to the following below.
Then, make a reflection from the information given in the news.
Who: Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian
What : SIM card listing to help curb online sexual exploitation of kids
When : saturday
Where: Senate Committee
How: Senate Bill No. 176, or the SIM Card Registration Act

National, News

Gatchalian says SIM card listing to help curb

online sexual exploitation of kids
Published January 23, 2021, 12:55 PM
by  Mario Casayuran
Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian said Saturday that mandatory registration of prepaid
Subscriber Identification Module cards is a potential mechanism that would aid the
government crackdown on the online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC).

Sen. Win Gatchalian (Albert Calvelo/Senate PRIB)

Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, explained that the
absence of a SIM card registration law is one of the barriers that law enforcers face
when running after child cybersex offenders who use technology to shield themselves
with anonymity. 

As early as 2014, a study by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime said potential
offenders utilize disposable or prepaid SIM cards, which do not require any form of
registration in some countries, to carry out any form of child abuse and exploitation,  

Senate Bill No. 176, or the SIM Card Registration Act, which Gatchalian filed as early
as June 2016 and then refiled in July 2019, will require end users of prepaid SIM cards
to present a valid ID and photo and sign a control-numbered registration form issued by
the service provider of the purchased SIM card. 

Copies of the accomplished forms shall be furnished to the same service provider and
the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
Earlier this month, Gatchalian sounded the alarm over reports of students selling lewd
photos and videos to raise funds for distance learning.

According to The Philippine Online Student Tambayan (POST), a news portal on the
student sector, online payment platforms were used for these transactions.

The non-government organization (NGO) International Justice Mission (IJM) has

identified the Philippines as the largest known source country of OSEC cases receiving
more than eight times as many referrals as any other country identified.

The COVID-19 pandemic, however, exacerbated the country’s challenges on OSEC with
cases reaching 47,937 in 2020 from 19,000 in 2019, according to Cabinet Secretary
Karlo Nograles. He added that the median age of the victims was 11.

Reflection:

I think this plan of Sen. Win Gatchalian to prevent the online sexual exploitation of
children (OSEC). Senate Bill No. 176 or the SIM Card Registration Act, submitted by
Gatchalian as early as June 2016 and subsequently amended in July 2019, would enable
prepaid SIM card end-users to display a valid ID and photo and sign a control-
numbered registration form provided by the purchased SIM card service provider.

Because of pandemic citizen are having a rough time to find source of income and
because of online school some students sell their nudes to fund their distance learning.
And I hope that students in need of money to fund their study will not use this kind of
thing to earn money.