Edited with the trial version of Foxit Advanced PDF Editor To remove this notice, visit: www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping Journalistic Reporting & Editing Study Material for Students Journalistic Reporting & Editing CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN MEDIA WORLD Mass communication, Advertising and Journalism is institutionalized and source specific. It functions through well-organized professionals and has an ever increasing interlace. Mass media has a global availability and it has converted the whole world in to a global village. A qualified journalism professional can take up a job of educating, entertaining, informing, persuading, interpreting, and guiding. Working in print media offers the opportunities to be a news reporter, news presenter, an editor, a feature writer, a photojournalist, etc. Electronic media offers Edited with the trial version of great opportunities of being a news reporter, news editor, newsreader,Foxit Advanced PDFprogramme Editor To remove this notice, visit: host, interviewer, cameraman, producer, director, etc. www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping Other titles of Mass Communication, Advertising and Journalism professionals are script writer, copy writer, production assistant, technical director, floor manager, lighting director, scenic director, coordinator, creative director, advertiser, media planner, media consultant, public relation officer, counselor, front office executive, event manager and others. 2 Journalistic Reporting & Editing INTRODUCTION This book comprise of three units. First unit of this book explains the meaning and significance of Journalistic Writing. This unit will differentiate between various forms of journalistic writing like the editorial, article, feature and news writing. The unit also gives guidelines on writing these journalistic forms. The second unit will explain the meaning of reporting and further explains different types of reporting like Crime, courts, health, civil administration,Edited with the trial version of civic, Foxit Advanced PDF Editor culture, politics, education, business and sport reporting. To remove this notice, visit: www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping Third unit of the book discusses the significance and process of editing. The Symbols & Usages of various editing and proof reading symbols are also listed in this unit. The unit further discusses the production steps of the newspaper. Layouts of different pages in a newspaper are also discussed in this unit. 3 Journalistic Reporting & Editing INDEX 203 Journalistic reporting & Editing 1 JOURNALISTIC WRITING 6-27 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Forms of Journalistic Writing Edited with the trial version of Foxit Advanced PDF Editor 1.2.1 News Writing To remove this notice, visit: 1.2.2 Editorial Writing www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping 1.2.3 Feature Writing 1.2.4 Article Writing 1.3 Summary 1.4 Exercises and Questions 1.5 Further Reading 2 REPORTING 27-73 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Some Tips & Meaning of Reporting 2.3 Types of Reporting 2.3.1 Crime Reporting 2.3.2 Court Reporting 2.3.3 Health Reporting 2.3.4 Civic Reporting 2.3.5 Political Reporting 2.3.6 Business Reporting 2.3.7 Science & Technology 2.3.8 Sport Reporting 2.3.9 Culture Reporting 2.3.10 Civil Administration Reporting 4 : Journalistic Reporting & Editing 2.3.11 Education Reporting 2.3.12 Development Reporting 2.4 Objectivity 2.5 Report Writing for all Media 2.5.1 Radio 2.5.2 Television 2.5.3 Newspaper 2.5.4 Magazine 2.5.5 Web 2.6 Summary Edited with the trial version of 2.7 Exercises and Questions Foxit Advanced PDF Editor To remove this notice, visit: 2.8 Further Reading www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping 3 EDITING 73-113 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Principles of Editing 3.3 Editing & Proofreading 3.4 Need & Principles of Editorial Desk 3.5 Newspaper Meaning & Production 3.6 Newspaper & Magazine 3.7 Newspaper Pages 3.8 Summary 3.9 Exercises and Questions 3.10 Further Reading 5 Journalistic Reporting & Editing SYLLABUS Journalistic reporting & Editing Section –1 JOURNALISTIC WRITING Meaning Forms News, Editorial, Features, Articles, difference between all formats Section –2 Edited with the trial version of REPORTING Foxit Advanced PDF Editor To remove this notice, visit: Meaning, www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping Types of Reporting Tips on Reporting Objectivity Report writing for all media Section –3 EDITING Meaning, Symbols & Usages Need & Principles of Editorial Desk Proof Reading Newspaper Meaning & its Production Steps Difference between Newspaper and Magazines Pages of Newspaper 6 Journalistic Reporting & Editing JOURNALISTIC REPORTING & EDITING UNIT 1- JOURNALISTIC WRITING Structure 1.0 Unit Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Forms of Journalistic Writing 1.2.1 News Writing 1.2.2 Editorial Writing 1.2.3 Feature Writing 1.2.4 Article Writing Edited with the trial version of 1.6 Summary Foxit Advanced PDF Editor To remove this notice, visit: 1.7 Exercises and Questions www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping 1.8 Further Reading 1.0 UNIT OBJECTIVES To understand the significance of Journalistic writing To discuss the various forms of Journalistic writing To learn the basics of writing an Editorial, Article, News and Feature To understand the difference between various forms of journalistic writing 1.1 INTRODUCTION Journalistic Writing is closely associated with the practice of reporting the news. Reporting is an art and a craft. Its skills can be taught, learned, and developed as a form of artistic expression. The modern newspaper writing style as a lead-and- summary form. In this form, the news item begins with a round-up of the major facts of the story, and then summarizes subordinate facts arranged in order of decreasing importance. The final item is often described as a throw-away item because it is lowest in importance and is designed to be discarded if necessary to fit the article into the news paper, magazine, or journal's physical news space. For broadcast news, there should be a soft-lead form, that begins with a statement designed to give the listener an instant of preparation for stronger phrases that are about to be presented. Broadcast news writing is typically short, straightforward and 7 Journalistic Reporting & Editing exceedingly simple in construction. Unlike most written forms, it closely resembles and is often exactly the same as a typical spoken dialogue: complete with incomplete sentences and non-standard grammar. The difference between the beginning of a lead-and-summary design and a soft lead design is ultimately one of perception, and is demonstrated as follows: The first example places the major attention-grabbing ideas at the beginning the idea of another journey to the moon, followed by a secondary attention -grabbing idea the cost of the project. The second example build s up to the idea of another space journey, and the purpose of the journey, before mentioning the cost. Edited with the trial version of Example Lead-and-Summary Design: Foxit Advanced PDF Editor To remove this notice, visit: www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping Humans will be going to the moon again. The NASA announcement came as the agency requested ten gazillion dollars of appropriations for the project. ... Example Soft-Lead Design: NASA is proposing another space project. The agency's budget request, announced today, included a plan to send another person to the moon. This time the agency hopes to establish a long-term facility as a jumping-off point for other space adventures. The budget requests approximately ten gazillion dollars for the project. 1.2 FORMS OF JOURNALISTIC WRITING A Newspaper is a collection of news stories, features, editorials and articles. A news story provides the typical hard news. It provides information in a straightforward manner. A feature appeals to the emotions. It covers all kinds of topic and provides the information in an interesting and easy-to- read manner. A feature tries to entertain while informing. Editorial provide the newspaper’s point of view. Articles, on the other hand, provide the point of view of individual writers. 8 Journalistic Reporting & Editing 1.2.1 News Writing As the word implies, news contain much that is new, informing people about something that has just happened. But this is not happening always as some stories run for decades and others are recycled with a gloss of newness supplied to it. News is, anything out of the ordinary, it is the current happenings. It is anything that makes the reader surprised and curious. News is anything that will make people talk. News is the issue for discussions and debates. Any event, which affects most of the people, interest most of the audiences and involves most of the people, is news. Thus, news can be called an account of the events written for the people who were unable to witness it. Edited with the trial version of Foxit Advanced PDF Editor To remove this notice, visit: ‘News’ is the written, audio, or visual construction of an event or happeningwww.foxitsoftware.com/shopping or an incident. The news is constantly in search of action, movements, new developments, surprises, and sudden reversals, ups and downs of fate and facts and follies of the mankind. On the surface, defining news is a simple task. News is an account of what is happening around us. It may involve current events, new initiatives or ongoing projects or issues. But a newspaper does not only print news of the day. It also prints background analysis, opinions, and human-interest stories. Choosing what's news can be harder. The reporter chooses stories from the flood of information and events happening in the world and in their community. Stories are normally selected because of their importance, emotion, impact, timeliness and interest. Note: all these factors do not have to coincide in each and every story! News report writing always starts with the most important fact. When you report on a football game, you do not start with the kick-off; you begin with the final score.