Saturday, December 4, 2010

problem on the letter

The original; letter that should be posted was not uploaded...ill post it on facebook instead just search on my photos if u still want to get a copy of the letter which has a signature. Toodles

Intro to journ letter

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To whom it may concern:

Good day.

We are the students of Introduction to Journalism of Adamson University. We would like to ask for your permission for us to conduct News Journalism focusing on Police Report.

This exercise aims to exact the practice of responsible journalism, among us, future journalists.

We are hoping for your favorable response.


Respectfully yours,

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Noted by:


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Prof. Lovely Bernardo
Intro. to Journ.
Mass Communication Department

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

BEAT ASSIGNMENTS AND PRESS CONFERENCES

To all my students in Intro. to journalism:

Since I was not around today in our class, because I have suffered from gastro entiritis (my doctor said), I need to update you to our upcoming activities, events and press conferences to attend.

(1) Tomorrow at 2pm, in ST Theater you are all required to attend the CHOPIN'S Bicentennial Celebration. You will all be excused to your succeeding classes.

(2) On December 3rd, there will be a Transport and Entry Summit, at the Philippine Social Science Center(Philippine Social Science Center, Commonwealth Ave., UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines P.O. Box 205, UP Post Office, Diliman, Q.C. 1101). This event will be attended by different Government Officials and Mayors of different cities. *I will be announcing the 2 participants of each intro. to journ classes who will be attending the press conference at 2pm.

NOTE:

For Chopin's event, you only need to take note of the story in that specific event, and wll then be discussed in the class.

For the press con, let me remind you all, that all of you need to attend a formal and professional press conference, but then there will be only two representatives each class in each presscon. The output that will be submitted to me will be recorded for the final grading.

See you all tomorrow

Friday, November 26, 2010

GREEN PEACE BEAT ASSIGNMENT

Here are the list of the following photojournalists and journalists who will be working on this assignment:

Alfeche, Russel- Regalado, Bayona, Lacdao
Bautista, Daldren-Abalos, Alfonso, anillo
Bibat, Abigail- Cantonjos, Suson, Damil
Cameros, Charles-Fortez, Francisco, Cabiling
Canlas, Josephine- Baydal, Bombaes, Parungao
anlas, Vanessa- ASTILLERO, iMPERIAL, rEYDAdo
Cristobal, Myka-Celucia, Cheng, Dagpin
de Leon Klariz- de Guzman, Deorayom, Martinez
del Mundo, Jamie- Arellano, Aslahon, Celucia
Dinglasan, Lexia- Gavino, Imperial, Lucero
Escanilla, Marianne- Ejanda, Santos, Mangaliman
Estuye, Josine- Saw, Sarmiento, Salaria
Eubra, Anggelica-Millares, Salazar, Santos III
Fabian, Jennifer-Bongalosa, Morales, Marcelino, Reyes Jeffrey
Gases, Rosemarie- Tionghoy, Valenzuela,Aducal
Gerardo, Ma. Gline-Anchores, Bagallon, Balbuena
Gonzales, Sherlyn- Disini, Salas, Santia
Hernandez, Hirro-Bartolo, Buenaventura, Cabasi
Jardenil-Jean Carla- Cabauatan, Castro, Cayanan, Zaragoza
Laderas- Rachel Ann-Paez, Apelo, Dagpin (still has some other journalists)
Lazaro, Karlo- Clemencio, Co,Crisostomo, Toledo
Limquiaco, Karen- Cuyos, delrosario maureen, Esquivel, Sta. Maria
Mano, Christian- Estabillo, Formigones, Galo, Sarmiento Roberto
Marfal, Allan Mauro- Herno, Jeruz, Lim, Sarmiento Bon
Masalunga II, Reynaldo- Lorenzo, Macatangay, Reyes Hannah, San Agustin
Merelos, Lalaine- Salagubang, Santos jeffrey, Tour, Posadas
Olympia, Jude- Villar, Zafico, Luce, Ponce
Perez, Rachelle- Paguio, balboa, Sarmiento roberto, Picar
Pidal, Jona Liza- Bautista keinn, Garcia, Obo, Peru
Pomendia, Mitz- Rogales, Dizon, Mendoza, Paguio
Rajenel, Darlyn- Aguilar janine, Aguilar Rachel, Arriola, Narciso
Reyes, Frenzy- Bajas, Bandoles, Belarmino, Mindoro
Reyes, Julius- Bugtai, Catalla, Delgado, Espiritu, Mendoza Melanie
Siriban, Mercedina-Castro, delrosario, Lopez, Mamangon
Trinidad, Valerie- Etolle, Garcia, Gatchallian, Lacdao
Valdez, Lavina- Gecite, Gonzalez, Hernandez, Itable
Ibarrientos-

* in case that you didn't see your assigned photojournalists, kindly just approach any of the photo journalists students listed.

*journalists-please be creative enough and be resourceful as to where you can find these people, maKE use of facebook so that you can actually contact and communicate with them.

God bless.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

WHAT IS NEWS

News is easy enough to define. To be news, something must be factual, new and interesting.
There must be facts to report – without them there can be no news. The facts must be new – to your readers at least. And these facts must be likely to interest your readers.
There are all sorts of dictums about news (some of which contradict others):
• that bad news sells more papers than good news;
• that news is what somebody wants to suppress;
• that readers are most interested in events and issues that affect them directly;
• that news is essentially about people;
• that readers want to read about people like themselves;
• that readers are, above all, fascinated by the lives, loves and scandals of the famous . . .

*The most useful guidance for journalism students is probably that news is what’s now being published on the news pages of newspapers and magazines. In other words, whatever the guides and textbooks may say, what the papers actually say is more important.

Some commentators have distinguished between ‘hard’ news about ‘real’, ‘serious’, ‘important’ events affecting people’s lives and ‘soft’ news about ‘trivial’ incidents (such as a cat getting stuck up a tree and being rescued by the fire brigade). Those analyzing the content of newspapers for its own sake may find this distinction useful, but in terms of journalistic style it can be a dead end. The fact is that there is no clear stylistic distinction between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ news writing.

Why is a news report called a ‘story’?
Elsewhere, the word means anecdote or narrative, fiction or fib – though only a cynic would say that the last two definitions tell the essential truth about journalism.

In fact the word ‘story’ applied to a news report emphasizes that it is a construct, something crafted to interest a reader (rather than an unstructured ‘objective’ version of the facts).

What is an ‘angle’? As with ‘story’ the dictionary seems to provide ammunition for those hostile to journalism. An angle is ‘a point of view, a way of looking at something (informal); a scheme, a plan devised for profit (slang)’, while to angle is ‘to present (news, etc) in such a way as to serve a particular end’ (Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, 2006).

Essentially, a news angle comes from the reporter’s interpretation of events – which they invite the reader to share.


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