News item

 Definition of News Item Text

News item text is a written public information which inform to readers about events of the day, considered newsworthy or important information. Basically, a news item text answers the 5W and 1H questions: what, who, when, where, why, and how relating to the newsworthy.

Purpose Of News Item Text
The purpose is to inform readers about events of the day

Generic Structure of News Item Text
    The generic structure of News Item Text includes newsworthy event, elaboration of background / background event(s), and sources. 
    Newsworthy event (peristiwa penting diberitakan): Event which is considered as newsworthy. The newsworthy event is commonly placed at the first paragraph.
Elaboration of background / background event(s) (Latar belakang peristiwa) : The detail information of the newsworthy event or the external background which closely relates to newsworthy event (When/Where the even occurred, who are the participants) etc.
Sources(Sumber peristiwa): The closing statements, ranging from the participants, witness, and the official authorities.

Language Features of News Item Text

Simple Present tense : She comes alone and someone attacks her
Action Verb : attack, observe, build, see, come, take, put, work, listen, walk, etc.
Saying Verb : say, speak, tell, yell, scream, reply, shout, suggest, exclaim, etc
Adverb of time : Now, today, later, soon, yesterday, last night, tonight, three days ago, etc.
Adverb of place and manner : slowly, quickly, sadly, happily, easily, carefully, carelessly, etc
Passive Voice : She is observed by the observer.
Direct speech : He said “I am going to your school today”
Indirect speech : He said that that he is going to my school that day.

Example of News Item Text

Saudi Arabia has executed a second Indonesian maid despite protests from Jakarta. (Newsworthy event)
The Indonesian government summoned the Saudi ambassador to the foreign ministry on Thursday after learning that 37-year-old Karni Bt. Medi Tarsim had been beheaded, without official warning. 
Karni was sentenced to death in March 2013 for killing her employer’s four-year-old child. She was the second Indonesian domestic worker executed by the Saudis this week, following the death of Siti Zaenab Bt. Duhri Rupa on Tuesday — the execution again carried out with Indonesian officials receiving no prior warning.(Background events)
“That is our main issue. It’s not that suddenly there was an execution. We didn’t know when it would take place. Still, we took over a hundred steps to try to free (Siti) from execution,” said Arrmanatha Nasir, spokesman for Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Source).

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