PRE-TEST JOURNALISM
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- Q1
Examine the lead paragraph driven from PDInqurer and answer which news category does the lead fall into.
MANILA, Philippines — The mayor of Los Baños, Laguna who was killed inside the municipal hall last December 3 suffered three gunshot wounds from a caliber 5.56 firearm, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory.
Crime and Punishment
Disasters and Tragedies
Religion
Health
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Examine the lead paragraph driven from PDInqurer and answer which news category does the lead fall into.
MANILA, Philippines — The Muntinlupa City government opened on Thursday its own molecular laboratory to boost its capacity for COVID-19 testing.
Crime and Punishment
Money
Health
Conflicts
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MANILA, Philippines — The tail-end of a frontal system will bring scattered rains to the eastern section of Northern Luzon while the rest of Luzon will have isolated rain showers on Monday due to the northeast monsoon or “amihan” according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Science
Weather
Entertainment
Food and Drinks
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MANILA, Philippines — Consumers beware: It may not be real honey that you are buying.
Researchers from the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) have found that at least three of four honey brands being sold in the Philippines are not pure or are entirely fake.
Group Stories
Religion
Money
Food and Drinks
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines —The young “lumad” (indigenous) woman killed in an encounter last month between the military and the communist New People’s Army (NPA) is remembered as wanting badly to change the injustice she saw around her.
Jevilyn Cullamat, the youngest daughter of Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat, was a shy yet diligent girl who took to heart all her responsibilities at home and in the farm, her cousin Pablito Campos IV recalls.
Group Stories
Science
The Underdog
Money
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MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday maintained that the communist rebels could never be sincere in engaging in peace talks as they have been amassing some P1 billion annually from extortion.
Entertainment
Money
Human Interest
Famous People
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TOKYO — The Japanese government has decided to stipulate in law its goal of achieving virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Personal Impact
The Underdog
Novelty
Science
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MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has appointed Capiz Archbishop Jose Ad-vincula as one of his 13 new cardinals, according to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
Group Stories
Religion
The Underdog
Food and Drinks
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the first paragraph tells the most important facts of the news story. Sometimes it is called slant or angle.
Background
Lead
Details or Particulars
Support Lead
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The lead used when the reason is more prominent or unique than what had happened.
Where Lead
Who Lead
What Lead
Why Lead
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The ________ helps the news writer to free flowingly tell the story while on the other side, it helps the readers to easily get along with the story.
Inverted Pyramid Approach
Transition-Quote Formula
Lead
Transition Words
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This portion explains or complements the main lead. Normally, its length is twice the main lead in the typewritten form.
Background
Main Lead
Details or Particulars
Support Lead
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This is the traditional form of news writing. The most important facts are placed at the beginning. The details and the background are woven into the succeeding paragraphs, in descending importance.
News Writing
The Inverted Pyramid Approach
What Lead
Transition-Quote Formula
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A short, forceful word or expression. It is rarely used.
Staccato Lead
Punch Lead
Parody Lead
Quotation Lead
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Below are the good tips for writing a good lead except for one
Use short, simple declarative sentences instead of complex and compound-complex ones.
Avoid repetition of phrases, clauses and similar grammatical constructions.
Write whatever you want in the lead
Never use an important or unusual word twice in the same sentence.
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Opens by quoting a common expression, verse, or epigram, at least familiar in the locality
Descriptive Lead
Who Lead
Epigram Lead
What Lead
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It begins with the sign of the infinitive “to” plus the mainverb.
Clause Lead
Infinitive Phrase Lead
Participial Phrase Lead
Gerundial Lead
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This kind of lead is used in straight news, it answers right away all or any of the 5Ws and H
Grammatical Beginning Lead
Novelty Lead
Conventional or Summary Lead
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These are included in the interviewer's starter pack except for one
File Case
Recorder
Cellphone
Presence of Mind
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TYPES OF QUESTIONS: A comment or inquiry about a personal effect; talk of current events or weather; talk of mutual interests or acquaintances; use of the respondent’s name; use of good-natured kidding or banter.
Probes
Filter Question
Ice breakers
Numerically Defining Question
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