NEWS ITEM (C4 P1-3)

 NEWS ITEM

Hello everyone! Welcome or welcome back to my blog. How are you all? I hope you are all healthy and safe. Today, in this blog i will explain about news item.

Do you like watching news in television? Do you like reading newspaper? If you like doing all those things, it means that you are familiar with news item. But what is the definition of news item? We are going to learn it.

Definition of News Item

News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important. It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news.

Generic Structure of News Item

There are three important things in news item text:

- Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form.
- Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance
- Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by participants in, 

Purpose of News Item

News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
– To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
– To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day

Language Feature of News Item

– Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text)
– Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.
– Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta – … .. 
– Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until now still happen or still in the form of fact, then can use simple present tense.
– Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
– Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
– Uses of material processes to retell the event

Example of News Items Text

Didi Petet Died

Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang, on Friday morning. Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently. “He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” she said. On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no diseases were detected but he died on Friday. Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and where he will be buried.