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WHAT QUALITIES MUST A POTENTIAL JOURNALIST HAVE?
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QUALITIES OF A JOURNALIST Must have a nose for news Must be able to tell the truth Must not be afraid of people Must be able to finish articles on time Must be knowledgeable in style
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WHAT IS STYLE? It is a distinctive form or a way of
doing something. In journalism, it refers to the fact that
every time a certain term appears in a newspaper, they are spelled the same way.
It also covers the use of abbreviations, titles, punctuations and how time is mentioned.
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BASICS OF NEWSPAPER
STYLEMr. Antonio Delgado
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NUMBERS The numbers 1 – 9 are written in
words while the numbers 10 and above are written in figures.
Example:nine students13 children
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EXCEPTIONS: dates, address: always in figures. proper nouns: may be written in
figures/words beginning of sentence: always in
words events: 1st – 9th is allowed
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NUMBERS
SPELLING Here in the Philippines, American
English is used, not British English.Ex: color, not colour If a word has more than one accepted
spelling, the shortest one is preferred.
Ex: judgment, instead of judgement enrolment, instead of enrollment
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CAPITALIZATION The first letter of the sentence is
always capitalized. Proper nouns are capitalized,
common nouns are not.Ex: singer
Regine Velasquez
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CAPITALIZATION Small letters are usually used for title
or position.Ex: Dr. Noemi Villanueva, the president
of GJC, delivered the opening remarks. Titles are capitalized when they
appear right before a name:Ex: President Noemi Villanueva, Ph.D.
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ABBREVIATIONS Spell out Dept., gov’t, and other
abbreviations. The abbreviations Jr. and Sr. are
allowed in names. Remember:Engr. Emmanuel Delgado;
Engineer Delgado12 Dimagiba St.; Dimagiba Street
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ABBREVIATIONS A title or position of a person may be
abbreviated if it appears before the name but not if simply used in the sentence:
Ex: Sen. Recto filed another taxation bill yesterday.
The senator filed another taxation bill yesterday.
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ACRONYMS Acronyms are usually written in
capital letters.Example:
GJC
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ACRONYMS When an acronym appears for the
first time in a news story, it is written after its meaning and it is enclosed in parentheses.
Ex: University of the Philippines (UP)
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PARAGRAPH The first sentence of a paragraph is
indented. In news stories, the rule is one
paragraph, one sentence only.
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GRAMMARCheck for errors in: Tenses of Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
(agreement in gender and number) Articles (a, an, the)
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GRAMMARRemember: he said and not said he;
Aquino said and not said AquinoRemember: three-day training and not three-days training.
Trained for three days and not trained for three-day.
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PUNCTUATION: PERIOD It is used at the end of declarative
and imperative sentences. It is used in abbreviations such as
p.m., a.m., Jr., Sr., Pres., Sen., Rep., Gov., Gen., Capt., Dr., Fr., Atty., Corp., and Inc.
Acronyms of schools, organizations and offices do not need periods.
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PUNCTUATION: COMMAUse commas: to separate the month and day from
the year. to separate the street, barangay,
town and province in an address to separate facts.Ex: Jolas Burayag, 17, sophomore BSIT
student
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PUNCTUATION: COMMADo not use commas: to separate the abbreviation Jr., Sr.,
or III from the name.Ex: Emmanuel Delgado Jr.
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COLON AND SEMICOLONUse colons when presenting a series of
information and use semicolons to separate components of the series.
Ex. Elected officers of the Board of Elders are: Dr. Arturo Guina, President; Atty. Ferdinand Dumlao, Vice President; Dr. Narciso V. Matienzo, Secretary; and Dr. Poyen Pini, Treasurer.
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PUNCTUATION: HYPHENUse hyphen: in most compound nounsEx: editor-in-chief, officer-in-charge in fractions Ex: two-thirds, three-fourths in numerals Ex: twenty-two, fifty-nine
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Quotation marks are used in direct quotations. Indirect quotations do not need them.
Ex. “I forgot it,” he said.He said he forgot it.
Periods and commas are written first before closing quotation marks.
Ex. “Let’s go to SM,” the boy said.
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PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS “ ”
PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS Quotation marks are used to set off
titles of events, shows, movies, books, etc.
Ex. We watched “The Titanic.” Quotation marks are used to set off
an alias or nickname.Ex. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Junior
Juan Chua also known as “Boy Singkit”
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PUNCTUATION: APOSTROPHE Apostrophes are used in the
possessive form of the noun.Ex. the teacher’s table
the teachers’ meeting In contractions of wordsEx. I’m (am)
you’re (you are)(Avoid using contractions except when
quoting sources)
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REMINDERS Watch out for jumbled letters, words
and paragraphs. Delete editorializing words/phrases.Ex. The very beautiful and intelligent
principal… The cops were right in arresting…
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Check for redundancies (recurring words/phrases/paragraphs, synonymous or redundant terms).
Ex. the concert the concert endedat the back of the rearadvance planningasked a questionrepeat again
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REMINDERS
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THE GOOD NEWS IS…
LECTUREENDS NOW!
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THE BAD NEWS IS…
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