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NEWSITEM
Definition:
News Item is text which used to inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day
which are considered newsworthy or important. We often find it in a newspaper because the
passage often tells the readers about great, important, interesting, tragic, entertaining or fresh
incidentoreventsthatallpeopleshouldknowaboutit
Purpose:
Toinformreadersabouteventsofthedaywhichareconsiderednewsworthyorimportant
GenericStructure:
1. Newsworthyevent(s):recounttheeventinsummaryform.
2. Backgroundevent(s):elaboratewhathappened,towhom,inwhatcircumstance
3. Sources:commentsbyparticipantsin,witnessestoandauthoritiesexpertontheevent
LanguageFeatures:
1.Short,telegraphicinformationaboutstorycapturedinheadline
2.Usingadverbs:time,placeandmanner.
3.Usesofmaterialprocessestoretelltheevent.(mentalprocessis.)
4.Useofprojectingverbalprocessinsourcesstage

TheexamplesofNewsItem:
TOWNCONTAMINATED
NewsworthyEvent:
Moscow: A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe,
whichkilled10sailorsandcontaminatedanentiretown
Background/Elaboration:
VelenaVazrshavskyaisthefirstjournalisttospeaktopeoplewhowitnessedtheexplotionofa
nuclearsubmarineatthenavabasofshkotovo22nearVladivostock.
Theaccident,whichoccurred13monthsbeforetheChaernobyldisaster,spreadradioactivefall
outoverthebaseandnearbytown,butwascoveredupbyofficialsoftheSovietUnion.
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ResidentsweretoldtheexplosioninthereactoroftheVictorclasssubmarineduringarefithad

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ResidentsweretoldtheexplosioninthereactoroftheVictorclasssubmarineduringarefithad
been a thermal and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to
removemorethan600tonesofcontaminatedmaterialweresworntosecrecy.
Sources:
AboardofinvestigatorswaslatertodescribeitastheworstaccidentinthehistoryoftheSoviet
Navy.

SUPREMECOURTREJECTSDICKYSAPPEAL
NewsworthyEvent:
JAKARTA:TheSupremeCourthasupheldthe2006graftconvictionofDickyIskandarDiNata,
theformerpresidentdirectorofPTBrocolinInternational.
Background:
DickywasfoundguiltybytheSouthJakartaDistricCourtofmisusingRp1.9trillioninfunds
fromBankBNI,whichheclaimedwasagrantfromanIsraeliinvestor.Thecourtsentenced
himto20yearsinprison.
Sources:
WehaverejectedDickysappeal.Therefore,hemustservehis20yearsprisonandpayafine
0fRp500million(US$55,000),presidingjusticeArtidjoAlkostarwasquotedbyDetic.com
newsportalassayingThursdayJP.
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UnderseaearthquakestrikesoffMaluku
JAKARTA (AP): A strong earthquake struck in eastern Indonesian waters on Tuesday, a
meteorologicalagencysaid.Alocalofficialsaidtherewasnothreatofadestructivetsunami,and
nodamageorcausalitieswereimmediatelyreported.
The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, was centered beneath the Banda Sea
around188kilometers(117miles)southwestofAmbon,thecapitalofMalukuprovince,theU.S.
GeologicalSurveysaidonitsWebsite.
The tremor was not felt by residents in the region and there were no reports of damage or
casualties, said Aprilianto, an official at a Jakartabased local Meteorological and Geophysics
Agency.

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