News Item Text
Definition
v A news item text is a text which is grouped
into the text genre of narration. The main function of narration is is telling
stories or informing about events in chronological order. The order in the
narration can be based of time, place and the events them selves.
Purpose
v
News
Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are
considered newsworthy or important.
Generic
Structure
The main Generic Structure of
News Item Text:
1. Newsworthy events or
headline
2. Elaboration ( background, participant,
time, place )
3.
Resource of information : telling the coment from testimony and opinion from
professional
language
Features
Language Features of News Item Text:
1. Short, telegraphic
information about story captured in headline
2. Focusing on
circumstances
3. Using action verbs,
example : punched, burned,etc.
4. Using saying verbs,
example : told, said, asked, etc.
5. Using adverbs :
time, place and manner.
Examples of News Item Text
Town Contaminated
Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe , which killed 10 sailors andcontaminated an entire town.
Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster , spreadradioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town , but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion i n the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.
A board of investigators was later to describeit as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.
Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe , which killed 10 sailors andcontaminated an entire town.
Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster , spreadradioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town , but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion i n the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.
A board of investigators was later to describeit as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.
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Generic Structure
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Newsworthy
events
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Moscow
– A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe
, which killed 10 sailors andcontaminated an entire town.
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Background
Events
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Yelena
Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the
explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22
near Vladivostock.
The
accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl
disaster , spreadradioactive fall-out over the base and
nearby town , but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union.
Residents were told the explosion i n the reactor of the Victor-class
submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear
explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than
600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.
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Resource
of Information
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A
board of investigators was later to describeit as
the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.
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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.
The death people 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.
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.
The death people 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.
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Generic
Structure
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Newsworthy
events
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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.
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Background
Events
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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.
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Resource
of Information
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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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Firefighter
in Bear Dress Run Over by Fire Engine
A firefighter dressed as a bear was run over by a firetruck Saturday during a family-friendly festival in the
Torrington Carnival is a parade and festival held each May in Torrington. Justin Matthews, the firefighter, was walking in front of a fire engine during a parade at the Torrington Carnival when he reportedly became tangled in the vehicle's wheel, causing him to suffer a broken leg.
Graham Rook, the fire station manager, told the North Devon Journal. "Somehow or another he got caught up with the front wheel of the appliance in the carnival."
A firefighter dressed as a bear was run over by a firetruck Saturday during a family-friendly festival in the
Torrington Carnival is a parade and festival held each May in Torrington. Justin Matthews, the firefighter, was walking in front of a fire engine during a parade at the Torrington Carnival when he reportedly became tangled in the vehicle's wheel, causing him to suffer a broken leg.
Graham Rook, the fire station manager, told the North Devon Journal. "Somehow or another he got caught up with the front wheel of the appliance in the carnival."
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Newsworthy
event
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A
firefighter run over by his own truck
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Background
event
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The
accident happened in Torrington Carnaval. The firefighter was walking in
front of the truck which led to the incident.
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Resource of information
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The
manager of fire station asked that it happened
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The
Biggest Burmese Python Captured in Florida
A Burmese python which had 18-foot in length and 128-pound in weight was pull out of roadside brush and wrestled by a man. He just needed 10 minutes to do that.
The python became the biggest one which was ever captured in Florida. It beat the previous specimen which was recorded by more than a foot in length. The man who capture the snake was called Python Dundee. His name is Jason Leon. He is a college student of marine biology. In that time, he was riding ATVs with his friends in a rural area when one of them saw snake sticking out of some brush. He got thanks from the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. It has considered Burmese pythons an invasive species which wreaked havoc on the state's ecosystem.
Carli Segelson, a commission spokeswoman said that a snake of that size could kill a very large animal such as deer.
A Burmese python which had 18-foot in length and 128-pound in weight was pull out of roadside brush and wrestled by a man. He just needed 10 minutes to do that.
The python became the biggest one which was ever captured in Florida. It beat the previous specimen which was recorded by more than a foot in length. The man who capture the snake was called Python Dundee. His name is Jason Leon. He is a college student of marine biology. In that time, he was riding ATVs with his friends in a rural area when one of them saw snake sticking out of some brush. He got thanks from the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. It has considered Burmese pythons an invasive species which wreaked havoc on the state's ecosystem.
Carli Segelson, a commission spokeswoman said that a snake of that size could kill a very large animal such as deer.
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Generic
Structure
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Newsworthy
event
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The
biggest python was captured in Florida
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Background
events
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The
snake was bigger than the previous python captured by an man who was riding
and see it. The got thanks from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
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Source
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The
statement from a commission spokeswoman can be a source of this news item
text
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Saudi
Men Have Cars Driven on Two Wheels
In Saudi Arabia, there is a new racing car which is called sidewalk skiing. It is really crazy race. The car is driven on two wheels.
When the car is being flipped onto two wheels by the driver, the passengers cling on outside. This Arabian craze of 'sidewalk skiing' is bringing new extreme meaning to the term 'off-road. That extreme motor sport is flocking to the desert in the northern city of Hail. Because there are open roads in Saudi Arabia's desert, they provide an ideal location for the extreme car racing.
A group of young Saudi men who like this extreme car sport call themselves the Impossible Group.
In Saudi Arabia, there is a new racing car which is called sidewalk skiing. It is really crazy race. The car is driven on two wheels.
When the car is being flipped onto two wheels by the driver, the passengers cling on outside. This Arabian craze of 'sidewalk skiing' is bringing new extreme meaning to the term 'off-road. That extreme motor sport is flocking to the desert in the northern city of Hail. Because there are open roads in Saudi Arabia's desert, they provide an ideal location for the extreme car racing.
A group of young Saudi men who like this extreme car sport call themselves the Impossible Group.
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Generic
Structure
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Newsworthy
event
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Extreme
car sport on two wheels
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Background
event
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The
car is driven and flipped on 2 wheels. The extreme car sport brings new
meaning to the off road sport. The sport happens in the city of Hail.
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Source
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The
stuntmen of the car sport call themselves as the impossible group
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Written by group 9
Jakarta - some urban areas in northern Jakarta
flooded crawl until they reach a height of approximately 20 cm.
Flood affected areas,there is Muara Baru , Pluit, and Muara Angke. The flooding is expected to soak hundreds of homes in the area networking. Consequently, some of the activities in this region became paralyzed.
Mr. Affandi as the head of the areas said the floods crawl due to heavy rain three days in a row plied the region and is expected to also have some networking in the region's rivers to overflow.
Flood affected areas,there is Muara Baru , Pluit, and Muara Angke. The flooding is expected to soak hundreds of homes in the area networking. Consequently, some of the activities in this region became paralyzed.
Mr. Affandi as the head of the areas said the floods crawl due to heavy rain three days in a row plied the region and is expected to also have some networking in the region's rivers to overflow.
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Generic Structure
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Newsworthy
event
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Jakarta - some urban areas in northern Jakarta
flooded crawl until they reach a height of approximately 20 cm
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Background
event
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Flood
affected areas,there
is Muara Baru , Pluit,
and Muara Angke.
The flooding is expected to soak hundreds of homes in the area networking.
Consequently, some of the activities in this region became paralyzed.
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Source
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Mr.
Affandi
as the head of the areas
said the floods crawl due to heavy rain three days in a row plied the region
and is expected to also have some networking in the region's rivers to
overflow.
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