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English Education 6a2

Journalism 

              

Vocabulary logs 

1.Involve /ɪnˈvɒlv/

Indonesian : Melibatkan

Part of speech : Verba

Synonym : require, necessitate. demand, call for, entail, mean

Definition : To be involved (stuck, carried away) in a problem

e.g : previously published articles on the topic or concerning the interviewee

2.Amplify /ˈæm.plɪ.faɪ/

Indonesian: Memperkuat

Part of speech : Verba

Synonym : louden, make louder, turn up, increase, boost, step up

Definition : make something stronger

e.g : Research is used to verify or amplify facts in news stories

3.pre·vi·ous·ly /ˈprēvēəslē/

Indonesia : sebelumnya 

Part of speech : adverb

Definition : at a previous or earlier time; before.

e.g : "museums and art galleries that had previously been open to the public"

Synonym : formerly, earlier, earlier on, before, until now/then, hitherto, once

4.ex·cess /ˈekˌses,ikˈses,ekˈses/

Indonesia : kelebihan

Part of speech : noun

Definition : an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.

e.g : "are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?"

Synonym : surplus, surfeit, overabundance, superabundance, superfluity

5. dig /diɡ/

Indonesia : gali 

Part of speech : verb

Definition : break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc.

e.g : "the boar had been digging for roots"

Synonym : cultivate, till, harrow, plow, turn over, work, break up, spade

Summary 

Background Research 

Before composing questions to ask during an interview, it is often necessary to do some 

background research, either on the topic to be discussed or on the person you are about to 

interview. This may involve reading previously published articles on the topic or concerning the 

interviewee, looking up biographies of the interviewee or searching for information on the 

Internet. The following assignment will give students a chance to do a little “investigative reporting” or 

background research on a subject.

•Investigative Reporting

1. Choose an administrator, counsellor or teacher whom you do not presently have for a class 

and find out the following information without ever asking him or her a single question. 

2. Write a mini-biography about the lecturer/teacher. After the mini-biography is completed, it 

will be presented to the teacher to check that the facts are correct.

Further Information on Gathering News

The four most commonly used methods in news gathering used by Navy journalists are 

observation, telephone conversations, research and interviews. And we had done with the

interviews. The following are others methods.

•Observation

Observation consists of your actually seeing an event take place and then reporting what you have 

seen in the form of a news story. The difference between a good story and a poor one is often in 

the skill of the observer. Skilled observers use their eyes, ears, mind, notebooks and tape recorders. 

They make sure they get the concrete facts, specific figures and accurate information. They look 

for the colorful, the dramatic or the unusual in any situation.

Skilled observers always try to get more information than they actually need. They know it is easier 

to discard excess material than to retrace their steps after the story is cold.

•Telephone conversations

The telephone plays an important role in your daily work as a journalist. It saves you time, legwork 

and it often enables you to reach people who are ordinarily too busy to see you in person.

Telephone conversations may range from full-scale interviews to brief queries to verify or amplify 

information. But regardless of how often you use this method of news gathering, you should keep 

the following points in mind:

-l Know what information you want before you dial. 

-l Speak politely indistinct, well-modulated tones.

-l Be cheerful and business-like.

-l Make sure you get your facts straight. Ask the other person to repeat figures or spell out names.

-l Avoid three-way conversations among yourself, the person on the telephone and somebody else 

in your office.

-l Recheck your information by reading it back to the person who has given it to you.

-l Record the conversation using a "telephone pick-up" (a device that attaches to the telephone 

receiver and plugs into the microphone jack of the cassette tape recorder).

•Research

Research is nothing more than digging out information from files and reference works. Research 

is used to verify or amplify facts in news stories and to give depth to feature stories and magazine 

articles.

Reflection

 From the material on background research, at first I didn't understand what background research was. Immediately I read the pdf about the material and looked for definitions of background research in other sources. I became more familiar with the definition, namely information why the news was written or a support for explain the contents of the news article. Next, start reading about investigative reporting, at this point there are 2 discussions, namely first, choose an administrator, counselor, teacher, etc., but make sure you have answered several questions, such as birthplace, hobbies, first job/job location, free period, married, and etc. secondly, be sure to write a mini-biography, when finished present it to the teacher for fact-checking. after understanding that, go to the further information section to understand it, here there are 4 methods commonly used by journalists, namely observation, telephone conversations, research and interviews. regarding observation contains whether it is true to see something that happened and report what you have in the form of news. Telephone conversations, this is an important role as a journalist, besides saving time we can also communicate with those who are busy/far away. then I read about research, this turned out to be used to strengthen news, and the last one is interviews, where we meet with informants to ask about what happened to that matter.