NEWS REPORT || a major discourse || master in writing a NEWS REPORT OR REPORT

 NEWS REPORT OR REPORT

Report gives a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done or investigated. It is an account of a particular matter, especially in the form of official document after thorough investigation or consideration.

You may use the following hints to write the news report.

Ø  What happened?

Ø  When did it happen?

Ø  Where did it happen?

Ø  Who involved in the incident?

Ø  The quotations of the persons involved in.

               There is a slight difference between report and news report.

ü  REPORT:

               A report is a systematic, well organized document which defined and analyses a subject or event or problem and which may include

v Title

v The record of a sequence of events

v Interpretation of significance of facts

v Evaluation of the facts

v Conclusions (if possible/optional)

v Recommendations (if possible/ optional)

Report must be

Ø  Accurate

Ø  Concise

Ø  Clear

Ø  Well structured

ü  NEWS REPORT:

                                                 A news report is a description of an incident or something that was happened. It has some features explained below.

Format:

1.     Head line: Usually written in words or phrases to attract the reader towards the content.

2.     By-line:  It tells that who wrote the article. It is usually written in food or sports news. May be ignored in general news.

3.     Place line: It is the place and date where and when it happened. Here we should add the name of the place and the date of the news.

4.     Introduction: It summarizes the main points of the article i.e., who, what, when, where.

5.     Body: It is the complete illustration of the incident or something that has been done.

6.     Quotation: It is the spoken words of someone who involved in the news. It is written in quotation marks.

E.g. 1:  Write a news report on a ‘Clean and Green’ programme conducted at your school as if you were the journalist. Give essential information like where, when, who and how it is conducted etc.

Swach Bharath … Swach Vidhyalaya

(Swagath Hasan)

 

Times News bureau, 20^th Nov, Koratla: Today, students at Government High School collaborated with the environmental club to improve the school ground by making the garden clean and green, and picking up the litter in the name of “Swach Bharath … Swach Vidhyalaya.”

            ‘Not only do trees benefit our environment,’ says student volunteer Ramu ‘but they also improve the visual quality of our school.’ Indeed, the high school area looks like the sense of community spirit. Prakruthi Nursery of Ailapur donated 25 brooms, 30 trees, soil and seeds for this project. ‘I was supposed to have so many donations and student volunteers,’ says environmental club leader Rajesham, ‘It’s amazing to know we have this community support and a keen sense of environmental awareness.’

            The benefits of this project do not end at environment friendly. The school also had a fundraiser, where every student would participate in a rally in groups around the city to raise funds to make it an endless programme. The head master, Sarpanch, MPTC, all other community leaders participated and, appreciated children.

 

E.g. 2:  A teenage girl wins an award for her bravery. She rescued two children who were drowning in the flood water last month. Write a news report as if you were the local reporter. Give necessary details of 5w’s.

SAGARIKA WON BRAVERY AWARD

(MD Azeemoddin)

New Delhi News report: 17^th July: Sagarika, a teenager, won the Bhagathsingh National Bravery Award for her bravery. She is to be awarded by the President of India on the Independence Day Celebrations in New Delhi. She is a secondary school child who is studying class IX in ZP High School Ramapur. “On the day” said the Head Master in elegance, “while she was returning home from school there was a heavy rain fall and flood hit our village as our village is located on the banks of the river Godavari. Two primary school children were skid and slithered into the river. They were in danger and crying for help. There happened the miracle. This teenager child had shown her bravery, jumped into the river and rescued the three children.”

“It’s the real gratitude for Sagarika and we really proud of her” said a villager. One of the rescued boys said, ‘we are really thankful to her and we don’t know how to show our gratitude to her.’ ‘Many have to know how to be brave and helpful to others by the inspiration of Sagarika’ said the Sarpanch, Narayana.

E.g. 3: Your school has celebrated school Annual Day recently. The DEO was the Chief Guest. The DEO and the Head Master and other teachers delivered their speeches.

Write a report on the school Annual Day Celebrations held at your school.

[Welcome address – Chief Guest message – prize distribution - Cultural programmes – Vote of thanks]

The School Annual Day Report

              

As earlier planned everything is done properly in the annual day. The DEO was invited as the chief guest of honour and invitations sent to all the people who were well-wishers of this school.

The programme was started when all the guests arrived at the stage. The chairperson of the school lighted the lamp to inaugurate the programme at 5.00pm. Ms. Srujana, who is from class X, anchored the programme and invited the guests of honour and all the invitees on to the dais, then she handed over the programme schedule to the chairperson of the dais, the head master of the school

The chairperson SMC delivered his speech and reported the development activities of the school. He requested the officials on the dais to sanction various posts for the school as there was shortage of staff according to the strength. Then the head master of the school enlightened the success stories of the school, such as results in board examinations, participation in cultural programmes and sports at various levels.

There were many dance performances by the children of the school. Then some of the children had done imitations of the famous personalities. Everyone who attended the programme enjoyed the cultural programmes.

Then the prize distribution had been done by the guests to the winners of different games and sports conducted prior to the programme. Finally, the chief guest of honor the DEO of the district had delivered his speech and assured the children to sanction the needy posts.

Finally, the anchor made vote of thanks to all the invitees, the well-wishers of the school and the people who supported to make this programme a grand success.

E.g.4:     Suppose your school had conducted a meeting on social issue, Girl Child Education, and invited the local leaders. Many guests, teachers and the students expressed their views on the topic.

Now prepare a news report on behalf of the reporter. Mention the necessary details like headline, by line, place line, introduction, body of the report and quotation etc.

You may include…

a.      What happened?

b.      Where did it happen?

c.      When did it happen?

d.      Who involved in it?

e.      Who conducted it? etc.

Possible answer:

A Girl is the Life

(By Shivani)

 

Telangana Times Bureau Jagtial 12^th February: A meeting has been conducted on “The Girl Child Education” at Jagtial organized by the department of education. The district collector, A Sharath, has started the programme by lighting the lamp and said “The Girl is the Life. We must encourage the girl children to grow. Now a day they excelled in all the fields.” Mrs. Kavitha, G.C.D.O. said that women can change the world if they are given ample opportunities. She recalled the great women leaders who changed the society.

            Children in their speech expressed their views. They said that if they were given education on par with boys, they could change their lives and their families as well. Children from various schools were given prizes as they have stood first and second in different competitions at district level. The District Educational Officer, the C.E.O. of Zilla Parishad and many other officers participated in the programme.

Practice Questions:

1.      You know Dengue is spreading rapidly in all areas. It is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by dengue virus. The drastic fall of blood platelets is the common symptoms of the disease. The patient also suffers from severe head-ache, fever, body pains and skin rashes. Now, as a news reporter of a local daily, write a news report on the spread of Dengue and precautionary measures to be taken for the public awareness. You may use the following ideas:

·        Dangerous effects of dengue virus

·        Reasons for growth of mosquitoes

·        Medication required

·        Precautions to be taken

2.      Recently you happened to read and watch some of the reports on the floods that happened in the state of Kerala. You are deeply moved by the sorrows of the victims of the floods. You wanted to raise funds for the sake of the people of Kerala. You decided to share this with your school mates and seek their assistance in the issue. Prepare a news report on this context. You can make use ideas given below…

·        Reasons for floods

·        Damage occurred

·        Loss of property

·        Human sufferings and deaths

·        Loss of crops

·        Shortage of basic needs like water, food, clothing and shelter

·        Loss of communications and infrastructure

·        Relief operations to be conducted

·        Our responsibility as a good citizen

3.      Imagine that you are a press reporter and an accident occurred on the National Highway. You have visited the place and witnessed the scene. Now write a news report by using the following information.

·        R.T.C. bus – full of passengers coming from Hyderabad

·        A truck filled with sand – uncontrollable speed

·        Collided with – 15 passengers died (5 male, 6 female and 4 children)

·        29 people severely injured and were rushed to nearby hospital

·        Police said – dreadful scene – both drivers died – locals assisted the passengers

4.      You know Dengue is spreading rapidly in all areas. It is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by dengue virus. The drastic fall of blood platelets is the common symptoms of the disease. The patients also suffer from severe head-ache, fever, body pains and skin rashes. Now, as a news reporter of a local daily, write a news report on the spread of Dengue and precautionary measures to be taken for the public awareness. You may use the ideas…

·        Dangerous effects of the Dengue Virus

·        Reasons for growth of mosquitoes

·        Medication required

·        Precautions to be taken etc.

5.      Imagine that a few army officers visited your school. They gave awareness about the job opportunities available in the army to the youth. They also told the facilities provided to the soldiers and said that it is serving the nation and challenging. Now prepare a news report on this programme using the clues given below.

·        Their speech

·        Facilities in army job – high salaries, medical facilities to family members

·        Proud feeling – serving the nation

·        Several youths participated in the programme

·        Headmaster, teachers, students and others present

·        Lunch provided

 

6.      Imagine that in your school the National Education Day was celebrated on 11^th November, 2019. Competitions like quiz, essay writing, etc. were also conducted on the occasion. The District Collector of yours was the Chief Guest and he/she distributed the prizes to the winners. Now write a report on “The National Education Day” celebrations held at your school. You may use the following hints – date and time of the programme, guests invited, message of the District Collector etc.

7.      Suppose some additional class rooms are constructed in your school. And they are inaugurated on 2^nd March, 2019. The local political leaders such as Honorable M.P., M.L.A., ZPTC, MPP, the Sarpanch of the village and other leaders attended the programme. Now imagine that you are the journalist of that area, prepare a news report for your news agency. You may use the following hints - date and time of the inauguration, guests invited, details of the building, funding institute etc.

8.      Imagine that you are a journalist and attended the marriage of Mr. Abel Merry Weather. Now write a news report on the marriage of grandfather and the tattered relations.

9.      Write a news report on the incident happened in Bayyaji’s house.

10.   Write a news report on the incident happened in the poem, ‘Abandoned.’

11.   Your district level science fair conducted at ABC school in your town. You visited the science exhibition and found many experiments and exhibits.

Now write a brief News Report on the science fair you visited. Imagine that you are a news reporter of your school magazine. You may include the following points.

·        Exhibition schedule (when started and when ended)

·        Chief guest for the inaugural ceremony

·        Total number of exhibits

·        Number of students participated

·        Number of schools visited from various places

·        Exhibits selected for state level

·        Closing ceremony

12.   Think that you have visited an old age home, where inmates are orphans or those left over in the old age home by their children living in far off places or in foreign countries. You have distributed fruits among them. They felt very happy after receiving and blessed you.

Now prepare a report on how the old age home was, the facilities were, food was and recreation for the inmates.