CONCEPT
OF NEWS ITEM
Husein & Pulungan (2016: 1) News item is a text which
informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy
or important. News
item is a type
of the text that has the
main function or communicative purpose to inform readers of listeners or
viewer about events of the day that
are considered newsworthy
or important. The
generic structure of
news item has elements as follows.
1) Headline/title:
the main point to report in reduced clause.
2) Summary
of event: the summary of main event that is to be reported.
3) Background
of event: the explanation about what had happened (who, what, when, where).
4) Source:
someone’s about the event.
