The question on newspaper story is of 6 marks in the SEE examination. Generally a news story has the following parts:
Headline
: Your headline for the news story must be attractive and eye-catching.
Place : The name of the place, where
the story occurred
or is filed from, must be written.
Date : You must mention
the date of your story.
Source : The
source must be clearly written i.e. who gave you or where did you get the story from?
Body : The first
sentence of the body generally describes the headline. Other sentences must
give the background and detail for the headline. The language must be simple
and grammatically correct.
Useful Tips for writing News Reports
l Go through the given outlines very carefully and try to understand events,
message or information clearly.
l Give the news report a headline
like "Seven Dies in a Bus Mishap". Sometimes the headline
may be given at the top of
the clues.
l Mention the location/ place
from where you get the report, then date and source (dateline). If these are not given
in the outlines, point them out with imagination.
l Start your report cautiously and remember that the first sentence of the report should give a clear idea to the reader what the news is about.
l
Connect the points
given in the outlines as naturally
as possible.
l
Quote the sentences
by the source using inverted
commas.
l
The information and analysis should be actual and accurate.
l
Be brief.
l Avoid
giving your own judgement and opinions but you can raise important issues and leave the decision to be made by the readers.
l Do not attack a person or label allegations unless you are sure and it is unavoidable. The report
should be fair.
l
Be grammatically correct
and simple in language.
l
Remember passive voice
is more frequent
in news story writing.
Solved Examples
Write a news story using the information given in the boxes below. Also give your story a suitable
title:
1.
FOURTEEN KILLED IN A BUS ACCIDENT
Birgunj, Sep 18 (Himalayan News Service):
A night bus registered as 8465 BA of Makalu Transport Pvt. Ltd. skidded
off the road near Parbanipur, a place near Birgunj, and fell into the river pushing the death toll to twelve on the spot,
our official reported it today.
The ill-fated bus left Kathmandu to Birgunj carrying thirty
passengers. It skidded off the road and fell into the river thirty feet
below. Twelve people died on the spot
and many were injured in the
accident. The injured are under the
treatment and two have already died in the hospital. Arjun Singh, one of the passengers said,
"The accident occurred because the driver
was drunk."
The driver and the khalasi have been kept in the police
custody for the legal investigation.
Hemanta Rokaya 22 killed, Tanahun, Anbu Khairani
Local people
obstructed traffic for 11 hours,
ambulance set on fire by angry people, no casualty, traffic resumed after 5 pm
2.
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Hemanta Rokaya 22 killed, Tanahun, Anbu Khairani Local people
obstructed traffic for 11 hours,
ambulance set on fire by angry people, no casualty, traffic resumed after 5 pm |
Traffic Obstructed For Eleven Hours
Tanahun, Dec
9 Himalayan News Service
Hemanta Rokaya, 22, was killed on the spot when a vehicle hit him at Anbu
Khaireni Bazaar on Friday. It has
been reported that the angry locals obstructed the traffic for almost 11 hours putting
hundreds of passengers stranded. According to an eyewitness, an ambulance, carrying a serious person, was set on
fire. However, there has been no report of any casualty. The traffic resumed only after 5 pm and
the situation has turned to normal.
|
Nine
Teams Scaled Mt Everest
Kathmandu, 20 December (RSS)
Nine expedition teams from different countries were
granted permission to climb the world’s highest peak-Mt
Everest. According to the information issued by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, nine teams, six from
the United States, one each from UK, Japan and
France successfully climbed the world’s highest peak. Mr. Serge Bauds, a
US mountaineer, got snow-bite while
climbing down to the base camp. The teams also cleaned up the rubbish in a campaign to save its environment,
sources said. The Minister of Tourism heartily
welcomed and received all the successful mountaineers at base camp. They
were also given a token of love
and cash prizes worth Rs.50000 each.
Exercises for further Practice
Given below are the clues.
Write news story of each and give your story a suitable heading.
Na 1 Kha 8796
passenger bus left for Pokhara from Kathmandu-
fell down below the road in a diversion - at 7.30 am, yesterday - owing to brake failure 14 died; 7 injured
- compensation announced
Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
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