WHAT IS NEWS? 1

Tomorrow, 7 February 2008, we will work on your PRE NEWS WRITING ACTIVITY NO. 2. You will ask one of your classmates to edit your news article by observing the Manual of Style and Usage for Scholastic Journalism and the "15 Rules on Clear and Effective Journalistic Writings". Before the class will end, I will show you a sample fire news story based from the material that you also used last Tuesday, 5 February 2008.

I may not be able attend my classes on Friday, 8 February 2008. Jed and I will attend the 23rd Teodoro Valencia Awards for Ten Outstanding Campus Journalists, Ten Outstanding Secondary School Papers, and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Paper Advisers at the Parañaque National High School in Parañaque City. Anyways, the awarding ceremony will be conducted in the morning. I might still be able to attend my late afternoon classes. Whatever the case, I will give you something to work on.

For the time being, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8Okb16okE and watch the video posted by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. As much as you can, read text comments and watch video responses. You might also want to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWS.

If you find an interesting video about news and news writing, send an e-mail to alex_escote@yahoo.com.

It is hoped that you have read WHAT IS GOOD WRITING? and SUGGESTED MATERIALS FOR PLAY REVIEWS already.