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NEWS ITEM

Sandi Mawarnita H.
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 MALANG

DEFINITION OF NEWS ITEM


News Item is an item in a newspaper. News item is a text which informs readers
about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.

PURPOSE OF NEWS ITEM


to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or
important.

GENERIC STRUCTURES OF NEWS ITEM


1. Newsworthy (main) event
2. Elaboration (background, participant, time, place)
3. Resource of information

LANGUAGE FEATURES / TENSES

Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline

Using action verbs

Using saying verbs

Using adverbs : time, place and manner

Focusing on circumstances

Using material process

Using present perfect tense : Surabaya's Juanda International Airport has


won the Culture and Tourism Ministry's 2009 toilet award.

EXAMPLE OF NEWS ITEM


1. Winning Award for Airport Toilet
Surabaya's Juanda International Airport has won the Culture and Tourism
Ministry's 2009 toilet award, beating out 2007 winner Denpasar's Ngurah
Rai Airport, which now drops to fourth. Indonesia's main gateway,
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, just outside Jakarta, moves up from
fourth in 2007 to second, in the biennial "Sapta Pesona Clean Public Toilet
Award".
The award was first handed out in 2007, and has so far involved only
international airports. Acting Culture and Tourism Minister Muhammad
Nuh said he expected the award in future to also cover public toilets at
tourist sites across the country.
"Granting the award to those running public toilets at tourist sites is
expected to improve the quality of products and services, particularly in
term of cleanliness . as part of efforts to enhance the image of national
culture," Nuh said during the award presentation ceremony.
Taken from: www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/10/l
2. 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.
Killed 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.

Source:

thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/10/two-die-bukittinggi-

landslide.html
Generic Structure of News Item
1. Main event :
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
2. Elaboration :
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
3. Resource of information :
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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