The Structural of News Item

Jumat, 31 Juli 2020

The Structural of News Item

 

 

 

Definition

 

In English, "news" means news. Of course this is familiar to us. Some English experts define the text of news items as follows:

 

“News items is a text that informs the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day.”

News item text is a text that informs readers about daily events that are newsworthy or important. Newsworthy means to be reported, so not all events can be reported. Only important events or events are newsworthy. If the incident / incident is not important then it is not suitable to be reported and known by many people.

Purpose of News Item

“The purpose of news item text is to inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day.”

Tujuan news items text adalah untuk menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang layak untuk diberitakan atau penting. Dan kejadian yang diberitakan biasanya adalah kejadian atau peristiwa terbaru.

Generic Structure

• Main Event/Newsworthy Event:  is the headline, the part that tells a summary of an event or important event that happened.
• Background Event/Elaboration:  tell in detail the background of the event or event that occurred, who was involved, where and how the event occurred.
• Source:  the last part of the news item text structure, is the source of the news can be a source statement, witness comments, expert opinions, or statements from relevant parties of an event.

Characteristics of News Item Text

 

In every English text of the News Text Item type, there are linguistic characteristics as follows:

• Brief information is contained in the main header
• Focus on events
• Use action verbs
• Using material processes

 

Example

 

Main Event : Jakarta officially extended its period of COVID-19 social restrictions by another 14 days late on Thursday, amid the continued threat of viral transmission that has led experts to demand better containment efforts and stricter punishment for violators of protocol.

 

Background Event :  Jakarta first extended the period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) from 4 June to the beginning of July, describing it as a "transition" phase sustained by the gradual reopening of several important service sectors. At that time, the administration extended the sidewalk until July 16.

The agency has sentenced 25,070 people who have not worn masks since April, broken into 1,708 who paid direct fines and 23,362 who had to carry out community service tasks such as cleaning gutters and roads. More people fall into the latter category because they cannot afford to pay a fine, Arifin said.

Source : The government's strategy is to delay plans to reopen certain sectors such as cinemas and indoor entertainment venues, mobilize more security personnel throughout the city and to continue to improve testing, he said.