NEWS ITEM part 2

 

• Definition of News Item

News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important. It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. However, if there are events that people do not deserve, then they are not definitely worth to be news.

• Structure and Language Characteristics

In news item text, there are three parts of the linguistic structure, namely:

1. Play events

This section is also known as newsworthy event. This section is the part that tells or contains news about the main event or event which is usually written in the form of a summary (summary).

2. Background events

This part, which is often referred to as Elaboration, is the part that tells the background of the event or incident, who was involved and the location of the incident.

3. Source

The last part is the source, which tells about comments, witnesses to events, expert opinions, and so on regarding the events or events that are reported.

• Purpose of News Item

News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
– To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
– To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day

• linguistic features of other news texts:

1. Brief information contained in the headline
2. Focus on an incident
3. Dominant uses verbs, such as conversation, quoted, said, revealed, and so on.
4. Generally use action verbs, which are verbs that show activity
5. Often use auxiliary verbs that show time and place
   

 Example :

Landslide in Bukittinggi

Two people died while four others were wounded in a landslide at a yard behind a house near Teleng market in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra on Tuesday.
Killed were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was the son of a kiosk owner at the market, Bujang, and 22-year-old Meli, who was a visitor to the market. The injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi hospitals.
Bukittinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said Tuesday it was suspected that recent heavy rainfall had caused the landslide.

Source: thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/10/two-die-bukittinggi-landslide.html

Generic Structure of News Item
1. Main event: News item text presents the daily newsworthy. In this example of news item text, the first paragraph is the main event. It informs the reader that a landslide happened
2. Elaboration: The second paragraph of this example of news item gives further explanation about the main event that the two victim were 3 and 22 years old while the injured were brought to hospitals
3. Source of information: The last paragraph is the official statement from the expert or the authority which strengthen the news of the main event.

 

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