Identifying Features of Journalistic Writing

Journalistic writing is a style of writing hat is used to report news stories in a variety of media formats.

• True

• False

It is the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.

• Journal

• Journalism

• Journalist

It is a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.

• Journal

• Journalism

• Journalist

newspapers and magazines

• broadcast journalism

• photojournalism

• print journalism

news on TV and radio

• broadcast journalism

• photojournalism

• print journalism

The second paragraph in a news article lays out the story so the readers know what to expect.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is the first sentence or first paragraph that lays out the story.

Which is an example of a headline?

• OCTA projects downtrend in NCR cases

• by CNN Philippines Staff

• Metro Manila may see a “clear” downward trend in COVID-19 cases in the region by next week, according to a fellow of independent research group OCTA.

Which is an example of a byline?

• OCTA projects downtrend in NCR cases

• by CNN Philippines Staff

• Metro Manila may see a “clear” downward trend in COVID-19 cases in the region by next week, according to a fellow of independent research group OCTA.

Choose all examples of headlines.

• Local governments have until June 17 to set up electronic business one-stop shop

• PH summons Chinese envoy over ‘illegal lingering’ of vessels in WPS

• LRT-1 closes April 17-18, 24-25 due to maintenance works

• China, August 10, 2016

Where can we find the byline in a news article?

• above the headline

• below the headline

• after the last sentence of the article