News Writing,

Feature Writing,
and
Editorial Writing

Prepared by:

Kris Dennenese Lao

News Writing

– Straight
- Truthful
- Factual

- Main Aim: to inform

News writing consists of facts which is
given straight treatment without
embellishment. It uses the summary
lead and the inverted pyramid form.
Lead

Summary Lead
- Also called as focus graph
- Tells the point of the story or what the story is
about
Classifications of Summary Lead:

– Who lead
– What lead
– Why lead
– When lead
– Where lead
– How lead
Example: Where lead

The Philippines will be the site of the next

Miss Universe contest.
Why lead

Because of poverty, a hundred students

dropped out from school last year.
News Angling
Feature Writing
Feature Writing

– Art
– Liberal
– Interesting/entertaining
– Vivid

Main aim: to entertain, may also instruct, advise,

and inform
Feature writing is the art of telling the
reader a story. It allows the reader to see
the story through detailed description
and vivid writing.
Qualities of Feature Articles:

– deals with any topic

– Usually entertain
– May be long or short
– May be light or serious
– Could be formal or informal
Kinds of Feature:

– Personality feature
– Historical feature
– Travelogue
– News feature
– Informative feature
– “How- to” feature
Sources of Feature Articles:

– Experience
– Observation
– Reading materials
– Movies
– Travel
– Tourist spots
– Interview
– imagination
Editorial Writing
Editorial

– Brief
– Has force
– Opinionated

Aims: to inform, interpret, criticize, argue, commend, or entertain

 An editorial is an article that presents the
newspaper’s opinion on an issue. It is the
soul of the newspaper.
Parts of an Editorial:

– Introduction –contains newspeg with the reaction

– Body- should prove, justify
– Ending –punch line
Example:
Rampant Rape, Whose Fault?
Newspapers are full od sad stories of rape cases. Just recently, two
elementary school girls were reported to have been raped and slain by drug
addicts.
The heinous crime happens almost every day. Whose fault? The parents,
the rapists, or the victims themselves?
Rampant rapes can be minimized or even avoided if only parents take good care
of their daughters. They should not permit their daughters to go out at night.
Drug addicts and drunkards roam the streets at nighttime.
Parents should not let their daughters leave their homes unchaperoned. They
always know their whereabouts. On the other hand, these young girls should
always heed their parents’ heed advice. They should listen. Parents know what is
best for them.