J. NEWS ITEM

J. NEWS ITEM

Purpose:

News item  is used to report to the readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic Structure:

• NEWSWORTHY EVENT(S)

          recounts of the event in summary form

• BACKGROUND EVENTS

          elaborate what happened, to whom, in what situation/circumstances
             

• SOURCES

          original comments by participants, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event, etc.


Language Feature:

• Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline.

• Use of material processes/action verbs to retell the story or event

• Use of projecting verbal processes in “Source” stage

            (e.g. the police said…; the witness thought …)

• Using adverb like: badly injured, the most beautiful bride in the world.

•  Focus on circumstances

           (e.g. last night, just this morning, at that time, etc) 

 

SAMPLE OF NEWS ITEM:

1. Newsworthy

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court has upheld the 2006 graft conviction of Dicky Iskandar Di Nata, the former president director of PT Brocolin International. Dicky was found guilty by the South Jakarta Distric Court of misusing Rp 1.9 trillion in funds from Bank BNI, which he claimed was a “grant from an Israeli investor”. The court sentenced him to 20 years in prison

“We have rejected Dicky’s appeal. Therefore, he must serve his 20- years prison and pay a fine 0f Rp 500 million ( US $ 55,000),” presiding justice Artidjo Alkostar was quoted by Detic.com news portal as saying Thursday- JP

Generic Structure

Newsworthy:

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court has upheld the 2006 graft conviction of Dicky Iskandar Di Nata, the former president director of PT Brocolin International.

Background :

Dicky was found guilty by the South Jakarta Distric Court of misusing Rp 1.9 trillion in funds from Bank BNI, which he claimed was a “grant from an Israeli investor”. The court sentenced him to 20 years in prison

Sources:

“We have rejected Dicky’s appeal. Therefore, he must serve his 20- years prison and pay a fine 0f  Rp 500 million ( US $ 55,000),” presiding justice Artidjo Alkostar was quoted by Detic.com news portal as saying Thursday- JP.