WRITING A NEWSPAPER REPORT

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WRITING A NEWSPAPER REPORT
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 1. Headline
• News reports must have a headline.
• Choose the punchiest (attention-grabbing)
• headline for the story to attract your
• readers attention

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 1. Headline
• Example

Bob Beamon leaps into history!
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 2. Introductory Paragraph
• The introductory paragraph usually states
• the most important facts first, which
• summarises briefly what happened, who,
• where and when the event took place.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 2. Introductory Paragraph
• Example

Who
American athlete, Bob Beamon, produced an
extraordinary, record-breaking feat, yesterday at
the Olympic Games in Mexico City. He struck gold
in the mens long jump final and broke the
previous record by a staggering 55cm.
When
What
Where
What
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• The body of the report usually consists of
• several paragraphs.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• (A) It should contain detailed information like
  the background scenario, the name of the people
  involved, the way the event happened or the
  events that took place before the event reported
  in the headlines and introductory paragraph.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

What happened before it
Earlier this week, the lanky 22 year-old
struggled in the qualifying rounds. He missed two
jumps and made two foul jumps. He managed to
qualify for the final with a jump of only 8.19m.
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

But yesterday, Beamon hit his best form. He
thundered down the runway, hit the take-off board
with his right foot and soared into the air. He
produced a monumental leap of 8.90m.
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• (B) Whenever possible, include comments and
  quotes from audience or witnesses to give
  credibility to your report.
• Such spoken accounts may be directly quoted
  using quotation marks or direct speech.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

Afterwards, Olympic legend Jesse Owens, who was
watching Beamon from the stands, said, As soon
as he went up in the air, I knew he had a world
record.
Quotes
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

In an interview later, Beamon said, I had hoped
I could exceed 8.50m, but to jump over 8.90m was
just mind-blowing.
Quotes
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 4. Photographs
• A picture paints a thousand words.
• Include photographs to give your readers
• a clearer picture of the event and an
• interesting caption to describe the picture.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 4. Photograph
• Example

Caption
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 5. Conclusion
• It is good to end your report with a short
• concluding line or paragraph to finish up
• the story. A good way to do so is to
• comment on the events reported or to
• point to the future on what is expected to
• happen next.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 5. Conclusion
• Example

Comments of the event
The Mexican Games will long be remembered for
this one event, in which Bob Beamon created track
and field history.
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Name of newspaper
Date
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• Let us look at another example of
• a newspaper report of a sports
• event.

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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 1. Headline
• Example

STARTING THEM YOUNG
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 2. Introductory Paragraph
• Example

On Friday, nearly 400 students from 32 primary
schools took part in the H-TWO-O Under-10
Football Fiesta 2008s five-a-side football
tournament.
Who
When
What
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

The Football Association of Singapore organised
the event, which ran from 7.30am 5.30pm and was
held at Jurong Wests Fico Sports Hub, which
boasts Asias largest futsal football arena.
Details
Where
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

In the final, Kranji Primary School narrowly
edged out St Stephens School 1-0. Yangzheng
Primary placed third while Loyang Primary came in
fourth.
Details
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

The guest-of-honour at the event, FAS head of
grassroots, Jita Singh, handed out the prizes to
the winners.
Details
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 3. Body
• Example

Watching from the sidelines was FAS technical
director, Slobodan Pavkovic. Im happy to see
children in Singapore start playing competitively
from such a young age.
Quote
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 4. Photograph
• Example

Caption
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 4. Photograph
• Example

Caption
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Components of a Newspaper Report

• 5. Conclusion
• Example

We share the same belief that it is never too
young to start developing a passion for football.
In fact, we will be working with the youngsters
in another event in July, said Jita Singh, the
former Singapore coach.
Future
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