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GRADE 4 SLM SPJ WEEK 1
Journalism (Kidapawan Doctors College Inc.)
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SPECIAL PROGRAM IN JOURNALISM
(SPJ)
First Quarter – Module
1 Definition of the
Concept
of Journalism and Journalist
Name:
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What I Need to Know
Welcome to the Special Program in Journalism! This module was designed and written
with you in mind. Before we start on writing, broadcasting, cartooning and
photojournalism, we must first learn what Journalism is and what makes a Journalist.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Define journalism and the roles of a journalist.
What I Know
Before we start off with our lesson. We must first assess your skills.
Activity 1: Read the questions and write True if the statement is correct, and False
if the statement is incorrect.
1. Journalism is all about bringing news to a certain audience.
2. We should write about things that can make a person look bad.
3. Being a journalist means being truthful all the time.
4. In making news, we must state all facts and not base it on opinions.
5. If we are in a hurry, we can steal the news of others.
Activity 2: Vocabulary: Find the meaning of the underlined words.
1. Lucy knows her rights as a consumer. She knows the prices of each item she
buys in the grocery.
a. Player
b. Customer
c. Teacher
d. Child
2. Our community is celebrating our fiesta. The streets are filled with streamers
and balloons.
a. Neighborhood b. Individual
c. Fellowship
d. Solo
3. It is in our culture to show respect to our elders.
a. Show
b. Belief
c. Movie
d. Society
4. My father got a promotion at his work. My father had a
?
a. Raise
b. Demotion
c. Fired
d. Destroyed
5. Oyo and Mike had a conflict. They keep on yelling at each other.
a. Agreement
b. Solution
c. Love
d. Fight
6. There were some implications after he drank the medicine. He is now very
sleepy because of it.
a. Effect
b. No Effect
c. Solution
d. Positive Outcome
7. Our school publication is very busy with the upcoming school election. They
keep on writing about the candidates.
a. Internet
b. Radio
c. TV
d. Newspaper
8. His number one priority now is taking care of his newborn baby.
a. Main Concern b. Last
c. Inferiority
d. Careless
9. His father is so shallow, he still thinks that his wife should do the cleaning
and cooking.
a. Thoughtful
b. Small-minded c. Stupid
d. Smart
10. Marian chose neutral colors for her house. Now it looks like a boring person
lives there.
a. Bright
b. Light
c. Pale
d. Crisp
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Lesson 1: Definition on the Concept
of Journalism and Journalist
What is Journalism?
 The practice of investigating and reporting
events, issues and trends to the mass
audiences of print, broadcast
and online media.
 News—or journalism– is only one part of what is called media.
 Journalism is not the movies, book publishing, public relations,
corporate communications, television sitcoms, radio talk shows,
websites (except newspaper websites), or any other sub divisions of
mass communication.
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At the elementary level, journalism is still best defined
as the process of reporting and writing the news and
packaging it for an audience. Whatever the technology,
news is information that must be collected and presented
to a consumer.
Where can we find the news?
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Newspapers
Magazines
Internet
TV
Radio
Principles of Journalism
 Journalism’s first obligation is to tell the truth.
• Its’ first loyalty is to citizens.
• Its’ practitioners must maintain an independence from those they
cover.
• It must serve as an independent monitor of power.
• It must provide a setting for public criticism and compromise.
• It must strive to make the significant interest relevant.
• It must keep the news complete and relative.
• Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal
conscience.
Who is the Journalist?
A journalist is any person who writes for newspapers,
magazines, or news websites. They can also be any
person who prepares news to be broadcast in radio,
television or the social media. They can also be
photojournalists who takes pictures, editorial cartoonists
and many more.
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What does a Journalist do?
Journalists' main intention is to provide their readers
and audiences with accurate and reliable information
they need to function in society.
Roles of a Journalist
 He reports or describes an event.
 He explains or describes an event.
 He forecasts its likely consequences.
Functions of a Journalist
1. Political Function – The obligation of providing the audience with
information so they will make informed political decisions.
2. Economic Function – The public needs information about
products, goods and services. The news does this but so does
advertising.
3. Entertainment Function – Comics, entertaining feature stories
and feature photos add diversion to hard news. Few media outlets
should do with an entertaining or light element.
4. Social Function – Passing along news has created a social
situation in which people discuss their world. Journalism creates
social interaction.
5. Agenda Setting Function – Media has the power to determine
what we talk about as individuals and address as a nation.
Why become a Journalist?
People enter journalism for many reasons but, money apart, there are
four main motives:
1. The Desire to Write
Journalists are making their living from writing. Novelists choose
journalism as a way of earning a living and developing their writing
skills.
2. The Desire to be Known
Most people want their work to be recognized by others. Some want to
become a household name and be respected by what they do.
3. The Desire to Influence for Good
Some people enter journalism for the power it will give them to
influence people. In many countries, a large number of politicians
have backgrounds as journalists.
4. The Desire for Knowledge
Lots of young men and women enter the profession with the desire to
know more about the world about them without needing to specialize
in limited fields of study.
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What’s New
Activity 1: Directions: Read the following questions and
encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is the definition of Journalism?
a. It is making news out of lies and opinions.
b. It is writing truthful news for an audience.
c. It is listening to stories and not writing about them.
d. It is creating make up stories to scare the people.
2. Which of the following is part of journalism, except for ONE.
a. Newspaper
c. Online Media
b. Broadcasting
d. Online Selling
3. Kevin wants to write a positive news about his School
Intramurals, what should he focus on?
a. The winners and the success of the School Intramurals.
b. The accident of the 4th Grade basketball player.
c. The rain that cancelled the volleyball game.
d. Some children just playing Mobile Legends and not
participating in the games.
4. What is journalism’s first obligation to the people?
a. Lies
b. Opinions
c. Truth
d. Conspiracies
5. Tawan wants to know if Lucas won the Volleyball match but he
did not see it, but his friend Gary did. What should he do?
a. Assume that Lucas won because he is a great player.
b. Not believe it because he heard he was sick.
c. He should ask Gary if Lucas won the Volleyball match.
d. Ask his parents if Lucas won.
6. What do we mean by independent monitor of power?
a. Journalism keeps an eye on the government and other
powerful institutions and reports is to the masses.
b. Journalism writes news that destroys an image.
c. Journalism creates lies and deceives people.
d. Journalism takes money from powerful people and writes only
good things about them.
7. Why is it important to give comprehensive and proportional
news?
a. So that people will be happy.
b. It gives the people complete information that can help and
update them.
c. It will make the journalists very rich.
d. So that it can help the government.
8. Which of the following is a journalist?
a. Kevin who receives money to write untruthful stories.
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b. Miranda who writes bad things about her enemies.
c. Singto who writes accurate and reliable news to the people/
d. Grace who writes news with lacking information.
9. The following are the 3 roles of a journalist except one.
a. Describes an event
c. Fakes an event
b. Explain an event
d. Forecasts the consequences
10.Krist wants to take beautiful pictures of his surrounding but he
wants to also write, which of the following should he join?
a. Editorial Writing
c. Blogging
b. Radio Broadcasting
d. Photojournalism
Activity 2: Directions: Read the following questions and pick the
appropriate answer from the boxes below. Choose the right function of
each situation.
Political
Entertainment
Economic
Social
Agenda Setting
1. Justin wants to put pictures and comics in their
publication to make it livelier.
2. The Mayor of Kidapawan made his speech, so Darla
writes about the important details on his speech.
3. There is a new Korean restaurant near Haley’s house
so she goes there and tries it out so that she can write about it in her
blog.
4. Our school publication only wants to put out the
positive side of their school.
5. Tate wrote about their school winning the Battle of
the Bands contest of their city, and the whole school talked about it after
reading it.
What I Have Learned
You did a good job! You were able to finish those activities! Now, I want to
know what you have learned by answering the following questions.
From this lesson, I learned that…
I realized that…
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Assessment
You certainly did well today! Now, using all the learnings you
gained from the different discussions and activities. Let us do the
assessment!
Direction: Now it’s your turn! Practice being a journalist by writing
about yourself. Here are the instructions on each paragraph. Title:
All About Myself
1st Paragraph – write your name, age, birthday, birthplace, home
address, name of parents, name of siblings.
2nd Paragraph – write about your hobbies and interests (favorite colors,
food, games), write something that you like to do everyday.
3rd Paragraph – write about your aspirations in life, your dreams
(dream job, dream house, dream destination etc.) and how are you
going to achieve these dreams.
Title
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Answer Key
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