INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING III:FIRES & ACCIDENTS, CRIME STORIES

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LESSON 20

INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING III

DEATH STORIES

Factual Reporting

� Who--name and identification of deceased person

� When--time and date

Age at the time of death

� Where--place of death

� Why--cause of death i.e. natural or accident

Interpretative Reporting

� Date of birth of the deceased

� Parents of the person, their status in society

� Survivors

� Previous residence if any, neighbors

� Education of the person, institutions where he had been studying

� Occupation

� Present status

� Social activities

� Achievements

� Special interests & hobbies

� Survivors

� Spouse's information

� Government's promises to the survivors

FIRES & ACCIDENTS

Factual Reporting

What:

�

A building is set on fire

�

Vehicle/ s met an accident

�

Train got off the rails

�

Plane had a crash fire

Where: -----------Place--Location

When: -----------Time & Date

How many: ----Number of causalities

Interpretative Reporting

� Name and identification of persons killed

� Injured------name and identification

� The reasons of the event

� Eyewitness account

� Police interview

� Minister's statement

� Rescues

� Legal action (investigations, arrests, suits)

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CRIME STORIES

Factual Reporting

What: -----------------Nature of Crime

Who: ------------------The Doer and the Victim

How: -----------------The Way the Crime Is Carried Out

How much: ---------Loss Estimated.

Why: ------------------The Reason of the Crime--Motive

Enmity, Mental disorder, Psychological problem, Poverty, Need, Habit

Interpretative Reporting

� Background of the criminal

� Police action--statement of police officials

� Social Reaction ---- People's interview

� The interview of accused's relatives

� The interviews of victims' relatives

� Legal Action, Investigation, Clues, Evidence, Arrests

� Follow-ups

COURTS, TRIALS

Factual Reporting

What: -----------The Nature of the Case, the Charge.

Where: ---------- The Session Court, High Court, Supreme Court, and other Special Tribunals

When: ----------- The date on which the case is filed

The date of the hearing

Who: -------------The Plaintiff, the Defendant

The lawyers from both sides

Interpretative Reporting

� The factual background of the case

� The progress so far by police while investigation

� The possible outcome - the range of the punishment court can pronounce for the crime

� Preliminary hearing

� Further hearings

� The arguments of the lawyers

� Cross argumentation of judges

� Post decision reaction - expressions of both parties, advocates

PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING

Factual Reporting

When: The date, the session is summoned to be held.

Why: The session is called for special reasons or it is a routine session

Interpretative Reporting

Terms needed in Parliamentary Reporting

The Quorum: It is a situation when at least 1/4th of total members are present in the parliament at the

time of the session.

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Business: Every formal activity within the parliament hall pertaining to the functioning of the parliament.

It may be the launching of a bill or a resolution or an amendment.

Order of the day: The order of the business of a particular day.

Question hour: It is the fixed time in which members put different questions to the ministers.

The names of question raisers

The questions

The action of the speaker

Privilege Motions: If the privileges of a member given to him by the parliament are challenged, he may

bring it in the knowledge of the house. This is called privilege motion.

Adjournment Motion: In case there is a matter that needs to be discussed urgently on emergency grounds,

the motion launched is called Adjournment Motion.

Following details are to be noted:

The nature of the motion

The name of the mover

The answer of the concerned minister

SPORTS REPORTING

Factual Reporting

What: The name of the game. The name of the series. The name of the competition

When: Time And Date

Where: The Place, Stadium

Who: The Teams

Interpretative Reporting

History of the tournaments like: SAF games, Olympics, World cup, Champion's Trophy

Previous Winners

Records & Record Holders

Current teams with players' introductions

Fresh progress is to be sent to the studios every five to ten minute

Round up dispatch is the final report from the stadium that is to be dispatched to the studios as early as

ends the match.

Weather condition during match

Crowd's participation and reaction is must

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