Learn how to write a journalism piece with an easy step by step guide. The presentation was made on October 28, 2012 in Jakarta

1. Journalism Training
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2. What is Journalism?
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3. What is journalism?
• Reporting of an event, speech, policy, case, research or
extraordinary incident and the bizzare
Good journalism
• Provides equal opportunity for all sides
• Provides analysis, context and meaning to the readers
• Provides input, criticisms to policy makers and warn
about consequences of policy
• Provides a voice to the voiceless, the marginalized, the
forgotten
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4. Output
• Text: magazine, newspaper, tabloid, other publications
• Sound: radio, podcast
• Visual: photojournalism, illustration & comics
• Audio visual: television report, documentary
• Multimedia: online, combination of elements, ppt, flash
animation
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5. Element of Journalism
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6. Element of Journalism
5W+1H
• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why
• How
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7. Element of Journalism
• Who: Nivell Rayda, editor, Jakarta Globe
• What: Journalism training
• When: Sunday, 28 Oct 2012
• Where: Taman Suropati, Menteng
• Why: Participants can perform news reporting
• How: Presenting basic techniques of writing journalistic
piece
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8. Element of Journalism
“Jakarta Globe editor, Nivell Rayda on
Sunday staged a free journalism training at
Suropati Park, empowering participants to
understand the basics of journalism so they
can apply them to their own work.”
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9. Element of Journalism
• Who: Nivell, participants from different backgrounds
• What: Journalism training, power point presentation
• When: Sunday, time of start, time when finish
• Where: Suropati park, what corner
• Why: So they can write news article, sharpening writing
skills, documentation, reference, advocacy
• How: How much, how many, how long
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10. Element of Journalism
Who + What + When + Where + Why + How
What + Why + How
Why + How
Inverted Pyramid
How
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11. Anatomy of news reporting
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12. Headline
• 4-10 words
• Eye catching
• Containing the most interesting element,
essence of story, what is unique about the
story
• “Drug victims continue to rise, Government“
• “Does the Drug Law Really Protect Victims?”
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13. Lead
• Able to stand on its own
• Explaining what the news is all about
• Captivating reader to want to continue reading
• Short, concise, clear
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14. Body
• Detailed elaboration of the lead paragraph
• Adding context, background, additional information
• Well structured, clear flow
• Able to draw readers interest from beginning to the end
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15. Anatomy
Lead: Nivell, Suropati park, Sunday (28/10), journalism
training
Para II: Importance of learning journalism skills and
adapt to different applications
Para III: Nivell explains steps to writing journalism piece
Para IV: What participants think? Why did they join?
What did they expect?
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16. Anatomy
Who + What + When + Where + Why + How
What + Why + How
Why + How
Inverted Pyramid
How
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17. Types of journalism work
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18. Types of journalism work
• Hard news: reporting something that just happened
• Analysis: examining current news & development:
implication, reflection, prediction
• Feature: long story that is timeless, a story not often
touch but everyone needs to know
• Profile: retelling someone’s life journey
• Review: what writers think about movie, music, exhibition
• Photo essay: telling a story through photography
• Opinion: one’s thought about an important and relevant
topic
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20. Straight/Hard news
Hundreds of residents in Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta
had to be evacuated from their homes on Monday
after torrential rains caused the Ciliwung River to
overflow.
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21. Analysis
Urban planning experts said the government must
immediately act on the rising level of sedimentation at
the bottom of the Ciliwung River which inhibits the
flow of the river as Jakarta braces itself for the
upcoming rainy season.
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22. Feature
For three days Rohimah (70) must stay at a makeshift
shelter with her three grandchildren, sharing a thin
plastic mat on top of unpaved soil. She couldn’t
maintain her composure and started to shed a tear
when asked where she lived. Her simple home, she
said, collapsed and swept away by strong currents of
the Ciliwung River.
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23. Opinion
When former Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo was
inaugurated into office in 2007, he soon pledged to
work on something which residents in the capital had
been longing for: a flood-free Jakarta. But after five
years and trillions of rupiah spent, why do we
continue to see some areas facing massive flooding?
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24. Types of journalism work
Same standard applies:
• Who, what, when, where, why, how
• Accuracy
• Clarity
• Balanced (all sides)
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25. Types of journalism work
• Difference in function and structure
• Hard news: readers will know, Feature, analysis: readers
understand
• Scope of discussion
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26. Technique
• Narrative
• Description
• Direct quotes
• Indirect quotes
• Argumentation
• Data
• History
• Case studies
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27. Technique
Heavy
• Indirect quotes
• Argumentation
• Data
• History
• Case studies
Light
• Narrative
• Description
• Direct quotes
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28. Technique
Captivating readers is about combining
heavy and light, fast and slow. Don’t
force readers to think hard all the time
• Narrative (light)
• Argumentation (heavy)
• Direct quotes (light)
• History (heavy)
• Description (light)
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29. Before you write
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30. Before you write
• You can’t be over prepared
• No such thing as too much info
• Data, statistics
• What I already know
• What I don’t already know
• Similar cases. How others write it?
• Who should I talk to first
• Get the facts checked
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31. After you write
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32. After you write
• Read it out loud, does it sound good?
• Should I keep the structure, does it make sense, does it
flow properly
• Is it balanced enough?
• Too plain, too safe
• Do I have enough sources, are there too many? Quotes,
data, cases
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33. One last thing!
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34. Blog, Write a Feature, Write a
Review, Write a poem,
Write a fiction
….Just write
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35. Thank you!
Nivell Rayda
Journalist and writing coach
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