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FactualRecountsWriting News Reports
SINGAPOREENGLISHNEWSPAPERS
The Straits Times The New Paper Business Times TODAY
EXAMPLES
Why do we read papers?
Learn current events & new information
Publish comments
Provide opportunity to express opinion on issues
Provide entertainment
SECTIONS in The Straits TimesPrimeAsiaWorld
Singapore TodayHomeForum
SportsObituariesMoney
HEADLINEa heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.
Man Drowned in Quarry Chicken flu hits HK again
COE prices drop to all-time low Farming goes hi-tech
NEWS HEADLINESThe Memory Lingers on
Father-son Team in Perfect Harmony
The Sound of Silence
Better Late than Never
Types of News Reports
Hard NewsImmediate reports of recent
events
Soft NewsNews which provide readers with information which is of
general interest
Hard News
Road Accidents Criminal Acts Natural Disaster National EventsAnnouncements
on Public Policies
Sports Events
Soft News
New InventionsTrends in Society
and Lifestyle Choices
Celebrity Profiles Travel Destinations
Exercise 1
For Headlines A-G, decide if they are
Hard News Soft News
A) Victorious Lions return home to roaring welcome
B) Dismembered kittens found outside Chong Pang flat
C) 7.7 quake hits off Alaska, triggers local tsunami
D) Top 10 little-known dream islands
E) Worker dies from fall at Sengkang site
F) Thousands flee wildfires in southern Australia
G) Thinner, lighter iPad launching March 2013?
Purpose Hard NewsInformFactualObjective
Soft NewsEntertainNeed not be factualSubjective
Our FocusHard News
Structure of News Report1. Headline2. Byline3. Introduction [Lead]4. Body [Detail]5. Conclusion
Exercise 2
1. Headline2. Byline3. Introduction [Lead]4. Body [Detail]5. Conclusion
Arrange this news report according to this structure:
Let’s go through the answer now
Robbery Suspects nabbed after chase By Jalelah BakerTaxi driver Tan Chai Cheng, 52, had picked three passengers up at 7.40am yesterday and was about to drop them off at West Coast Park when he was held at knife point.
Byline
Headline
Introduction
BodyHe was then forced to hand over about $250, his
cellphone and also the key to his taxi.Although stranded, the quick-thinking cabby
stopped a car on West Coast Highway. The driver, 60-year-old man, then called the police before agreeing to drive around to look for the suspects.
They were spotted minutes later and Mr Tan gave chase. Student Michael Theofanis, 19, who had heard Mr. Tan’s cries for help, instinctively joined in.
When the three suspects tried to escape by taking a bus, Mr. Tan stopped it by standing in front of it. He then did the same when they tried to board a taxi. Even threats by one of the suspects welding a knife failed to deter the pair.
The police arrived shortly and caught a man and a woman. The third suspect was arrested at his house about eight hours later. The three suspects are aged between 18 and 22.
Yesterday evening, at the Clementi Police Division headquarters, Mr Theofanis was given a plaque and commended for his actions.
ConclusionMr. Tan who had remained calm throughout the incident, had learnt his lesson from a previous experience—he was robbed of $10 000 eight years ago in a lift by three knife-welding men and still has a scar to show for it.
Those convicted of armed robbery with hurt may be jailed up to 20 years and are liable to a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane.
The End