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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.

Generic Structure
Newsworthy events	Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe , which killed 10 sailors andcontaminated an entire town.
Background Events	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.
Resource of Information	A board of investigators was  later to describeit  as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.

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.

Generic Structure
Newsworthy events	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.
Background Events	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.
Resource of Information	The last paragraph is the official statement from the expert or the authority which strengthen the news of the main event.

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."

Newsworthy event	A firefighter run over by his own truck
Background event	The accident happened in Torrington Carnaval. The firefighter was walking in front of the truck which led to the incident.
Resource of information	The manager of fire station asked that it happened

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.

Generic Structure
Newsworthy event	The biggest python was captured in Florida
Background events	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
Source	The statement from a commission spokeswoman can be a source of this news item text

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.

Generic Structure
Newsworthy event	Extreme car sport on two wheels
Background event	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.
Source	The stuntmen of the car sport call themselves as the impossible group

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.

Generic Structure
Newsworthy event	Jakarta - some urban areas in northern Jakarta flooded crawl until they reach a height of approximately 20 cm
Background event	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.
Source	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.