Text Structures of News
Report 1: Aussie Man Dies While Surfing
in Lombok
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Parts of News
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Functions of the Parts
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I.
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Headline
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Summarizing
the event in a telegraphic text
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Aussie man
dies while surfing in Lombok
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1) The casualty
- Aussie man
2) The unfortunate event
- dies
3) The time and location (an
activity)
- while surfing in Lombok
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II.
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Newsworthy
Event
(The first
paragraph)
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Summarizing
the event:
Restating
the headline in a normal sentence or sentences, with more information added
to the facts stated in the headline
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mataram: An
Australian tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman has died after drowning while
surfing at Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.
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1) Restating the casualty with
further details
- An Australian tourist named Andrew
Richard Wiseman, ...
2) Restating the death
- ... has died ...
3) Adding the reason of the event
- ... after drowning...
4) Restating the time (in an activity
he was doing)
- while surfing ...
5) Adding the specified details to
the location
- ... at Tanjung Aan Beach in
Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
6) Starting with the name of the
location of coverage:
- mataram: ...
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III.
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Events in
Details
(The following paragraph)
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Elaborating
the Newsworthy Event
providing
more details about the facts stated in the Newsworthy Event
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Based on
reports received by police, the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11
a.m. on Sunday, Central Park police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman
said. Andrew was found dead at around 1 p.m.
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Elaborating the
incident
1) the source person
- Based on reports received by
police, ...
- Central Park police Chief Adj. Sr.
Comr. Kholilur Rochman said.
2) the casualty’s age
- ... the 52-year-old man ...
3) the reason of the accident
- ... went surfing alone around 11
a.m. on Sunday, ...
4) the death
- Andrew was found dead at around 1
p.m.
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During his
time in Lombok, Wiseman was living in a homestay in Kuta village, Pujut
district, in Central Lombok.
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Elaborating the
casualty
5) his accommodation in Lombok.
- ... was living in a homestay in
Kuta village, Pujut district, in Central Lombok.
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The police
questioned two other foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert
Haton, from Australia, who had seen the incident firsthand.
“They were
the ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their information, the victim
drowned directly below his surfboard,” Kholilur said on Monday.
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Elaborating the
accident
6) the firsthand witnesses.
- The police questioned two other
foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert Haton, from Australia,
....
- ... They were the ones who saw the
victim drown. Based on their information ...
7) the accident
- ... the victim drowned directly
below his surfboard ...
8) the source of information
- ... Kholilur said on Monday
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The two
tourists, as well as local residents, immediately brought Wiseman back to
shore using a boat.
Wiseman
was given emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be
resuscitated, Kholilur said.
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Elaborating the
incident:
9) the attempt to save the
casualty’s life.
- The two tourists, as well as local
residents, immediately brought Wiseman back to shore using a boat.
- ... was given emergency first aid
for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated ...
10) the source of
information
...
Kholilur said ...
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Personnel
from the Kuta Police came to the location after receiving reports and brought
Wiseman’s body to the local health clinic.
The
victim’s brother, Steven Wiseman, took the body and refused an autopsy.
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Adding
information related to the death
11) the authority’s responsibility
- Personnel from the Kuta Police
came to the location after receiving reports and brought Wiseman’s body to
the local health clinic.
12) the family’s responsibility
- The victim’s brother, Steven Wiseman,
took the body and refused an autopsy.
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IV.
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News
Agent’s Initials
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Closing
the news with the news agent’s initials
the owner
of the copy right of the news report
— JP
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TEXT STRUCTURES OF NEWS REPORT 2: FIRE ERUPTS
AT ILLEGAL OIL WELL IN INDONESIA
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PART OF NEWS
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FUNCTIONS OF PARTS
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I
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Headline
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Summarizing
the event in a telegraphic text
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Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
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1) The unfortunate event
- Fire
2) The location (an
activity)
- At illegal oil well, Indonesia
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II
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Newsworthy Event
(The first
paragraph)
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Summarizing the event:
Restating
the headline in a normal sentence or sentences, with more information added
to the facts stated in the headline
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Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in
Indonesia's northernmost province on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people
and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly burnt, authorities
said.
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1) restating unfortunate event
followed by casualty
- … killing at least 18 people and
injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly burnt…
2) restating the time
- …on Wednesday…
3) Starting with an information from authorities
- …some of whom were badly burnt,
authorities said.
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III
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Events in Details
(The following paragraph)
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Elaborating the Newsworthy Event
providing
more details about the facts stated in the Newsworthy Event
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The fire
broke out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on
the northern tip of Sumatra Island, according to the National Disaster Management
Agency.
Authorities
were still trying to determine what had caused the fire. Local news reports
said it may have started with a spark from a blowtorch or a worker smoking a
cigarette.
Television
news footage and photos showed flames rising at least 10 metres into the air
in the farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district, which is about
1600 kilometres north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Villagers
had gathered at the well shortly after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and
barrels, in hopes of collecting crude oil after being told about a massive
spill there, according to the disaster agency.
"A
group of people came to gather up oil and they weren't supposed to be
there," the disaster agency said in a statement.
At least
five homes were gutted by the fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other
emergency personnel, along with villagers, were still trying to contain the
blaze on Wednesday evening.
Indonesia's
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to
investigate the incident, said Agung Pribadi, a ministry spokesman.
"This
is a case of illegal drilling and the ones responsible for it must be dealt
with by the law," he said.
Agung said
the well was being operated by local residents, adding that he was not sure
if there were other illegal wells in the area.
Lieutenant
Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the East Aceh district police, told reporters
at the scene that firefighters were trying to "break the chain of
oxygen" in the well to stop the fire. He confirmed the well operation
was illegal, but he said many villagers depended on it for their livelihood.
Illegal
well operations are common in Indonesian regions where oil is present,
including on the islands of Sumatra and Java. In some cases, the wells were
abandoned by the Dutch colonial administration that once ruled Indonesia, and
are now run by groups of villagers working around the clock.
"Oil
doesn't come up to the surface easily in these old wells, so they try to pump
it up manually, then try to separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and
that's where they probably had the fire," said Mangantar Marpaung,
former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency.
"Then
they sell it as kerosene to the local market, or for motorcycles and fishing
boats," he said. "Those are their customers. The local governments
know, but because they can't provide any other jobs, they look the other
way."
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Elaborating the
incident
1) the beginning of the incident
- The fire broke out around 1.30am
at a backyard well in a village
2) the cause of the fire
- It said it may have started with a
spark from a blowtorch or a worker smoking a cigarette.
3) the description of fire
- flames rising at least 10 metres
into the air in the farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district
4) the effect of the incident
- Villagers had gathered at the well
shortly after midnight, carrying buckets, jars and barrels, in hopes of
collecting crude oil.
5) the loss because of the
fire
- five homes were gutted by the
fire,
6) The response of authorities
- Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and
Mineral Resources and the state-owned oil company Pertamina sent teams to
Aceh, which has industrial oil and gas operations, to investigate the
incident
7) the additional information
- the well operation was illegal,
many villagers depended on it for their livelihood
8) the historical relationship
- In some cases, the wells were
abandoned by the Dutch colonial administration that once ruled Indonesia,
9) the chronologies of the fire
erupted
- Oil doesn't come up to the surface
easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually, then try to
separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where they probably
had the fire,"
10) the reason why the villagers takes the oil
- The local governments know, but
because they can't provide any other jobs, they look the other way."
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IV
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News Agent’s Initials
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Closing the news with the news agent’s initials
1) the owner of
the copy right of the news report
— New
York Times
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TEXT STRUCTURE OF NEWS REPORT 3: ELEPHANT POACHERS ARRESTED IN
MALAYSIA
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PARTS OF NEWS
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FUCTIONS OF PARTS
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I
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Headline
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Summarizing the event in a telegraphic
text
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Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
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1) The Perpetrators
- Elephant poachers
2) The important event
- Arrested
3) The country
- Malaysia
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II
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Newsworthy Event
(The first paragraph)
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Summarizing the event:
Restating the headline in a normal
sentence or sentences, with more information added to the facts stated in the
headline
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MALAYSIA: Four heavily armed poachers
who targetted wild elephants in Malaysia have been caught, officials said
Tuesday, the second such arrest in less than two years.
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1) Restating the
subject with further details
- Four heavily armed
poacher
2) Adding the time of
the event reported
- Tuesday
3) Starting with the
name of the location of coverage:
- Malaysia
4) The source of news
- Officials
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III
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Events in Details
(The following paragraph)
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Elaborating the Newsworthy Event
providing more details about the facts
stated in the Newsworthy Event
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Wildlife officials said the gang
caught near the town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak was
found with deer antlers and suspected tiger bones.
A joint police and wildlife department
investigation also led the agents to find an elephant shot dead by the
poachers in a nearby forest with its tusks ripped out.
“This crew is notorious. They hunt
elephants,” wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim told AFP.
“There are maybe two more [poaching]
groups [in the area]. We are working together with the police on this.”
A police statement said weapons
including rifles and homemade shotguns as well as animal snares were found
after they arrested the gang.
The elephant’s tusks were not found,
with a wildlife official believing that they were already sold.
He added that the gang – all locals –
were believed to have been operating since 2009, and were also active in the
nearby state of Kelantan.
The arrests come a year after a seven-man gang was arrested in Kelantan,
with explosives, guns and parts of tusks seized.. – AFP
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1) Elaborating the
arrest
- The evidence
goods are deer antlers, tiger bones and an elephant shot dead
- weapons including
rifles and homemade shotguns
2) The source of news
- Wildlife department
chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim
3) The additional
information of the subject
- the gang – all
locals –has been operating since 2009 in the nearby state of Kelantan
4) The place
- In Kelantan
5) The evidence goods
- explosives, guns and
parts of tusks
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IV
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News Agent’s Initials
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Closing the news with the news agent’s
initials
2) the
owner of the copy right of the news report
—– AFP
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