SSU Editorial Writing Guide

EDITORIAL WRITING
REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS
RENALYN C. LAMOGRAR
School Paper Adviser-The Samariñan
Session Objectives
1. Be familiar with the significant concepts in

Editorial Writing
2. Identify the different types of Editorial Article
3. Determine the tips in writing editorial articles
4. Write an editorial article
OBJECTIVES OF AN EDITORIAL (1)
1. To analyze pressing issues in order to

 Simplify the issue in a manner that is better
understood
 Clarify/correct misconceptions
 take sides on an issue e.g., attack, defend,
endorse, compliment
 Mobilize the readers to action
2. To strengthen the media’s role as a social critic
3. To either react to or raise issues that must be

made known to the public
In the context of campus journalism
 Editorials seek to reflect the paper’s pro-student

orientation
 Editorials seek to provide analysis of issues from

the students’ point of view
 Editorials seek to discuss both national and
local/campus concerns
 Assumes that local/campus concerns are part of

the overall national concerns
 National concerns are discussed in the context of

local concerns
WHAT IS AN EDITORIAL?
• Article that explicitly states the paper’s stand on
pressing issues and concerns
• Normally printed in the Opinion/Editorial (Op-Ed)

Pages and laid out near the staffbox
• Unlike other journalistic outputs, editorials do

not have any byline or tagline
WHAT IS AN EDITORIAL?
• Different from Editor’s Note which is an open
letter addressed to the readers. It may also be
an introduction to the contents of the
publication.
CHARACTERISTICS OF EDITORIAL?
In essence an editorial is an opinionated news story
•your opinion must be supported with facts,
researches, studies and not just based on your
emotions.
•It reflects the majority vote of the editorial board
•It should be the timely, sensitive and

controversial
issue
Types of Editorial
- the common types in school paper
1. Editorial of Interpretation
- explains the way the newspaper covers a
sensitive or controversial subject that is very
timely also
Ex. 1. New policy
2. Screening
3. The new normal education,
Types of Editorial
2. Editorial of Criticism
- constructively criticizes actions, decisions, or
situations while providing solutions to the problem identified
3. Editorial Persuasion
- aims to immediately see the situation, not the problem
4. Editorial Commendation
- praises people or organization for something done well
PARTS OF EDITORIAL
1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion
HOW
TO
BEGIN?
HOW
TO
BEGIN?
HOW
TO
BEGIN?
HOW
TO
BEGIN?
HOW
TO
BEGIN?
MIDDLE
PART
MIDDLE
PART
THE CONCLUSION:
The last part drives home the final and

important thought or direction.
this conclusion may be in the form of

advice, challenge, command, or just a
rounding out or a simple summary.
THE
CONCLUSION
THE
CONCLUSION
THE
CONCLUSION
THE
CONCLUSION
THE
CONCLUSION
TIPS
FOR
WRITERS
TIPS
FOR
WRITERS
TIPS
FOR
WRITERS
TIPS
FOR
WRITERS
TIPS
FOR
WRITERS
Andres Bonifacio: The great plebeian and freedom champion
Published November 30, 2021, 12:05 AM
by Manila Bulletin
Andres Bonifacio shares with Jose Rizal the distinction of being honored on a non-
working holiday for his contribution to the shaping of a national identity among
Filipinos. While Rizal is honored on the date of his martyrdom, the Bonifacio
commemoration coincides with his birthday. Born and raised in Tondo, Manila, he is
especially recognized in the capital city where a major public park, Liwasang Bonifacio
has been named after him.
While Rizal is more widely known as an intellectual and pacifist hero, Bonifacio is
typically portrayed as a revolutionary leader who advocated armed struggle to depose
Spanish colonial rule. His iconic statue depicts him while leading the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
According to historical accounts, he led about a thousand Katipuneros in tearing up their
cedula or residence certificate that was a symbol of slavery to the Spaniards. This defiant
call to armed struggle was punctuated by patriotic shouting of the battlecry, Viva La
Independencia Filipina! (Long Live Philippine Independence).
Bonifacio had followed in Rizal’s footsteps. He was known as one of the
members of La Liga Filipina, shortly before Rizal was arrested and exiled to
Dapitan and after its disbandment, he organized the Katipunan that later grew
into an armed revolutionary movement that spread from Manila to several
provinces. The ultimate objective was to bring about the separation of the
Spanish empire and the establishment of a self-governing nation called the
Republic of the Philippines.
The dynamics of the revolutionary movement bred intrigue and factionalism.

He became embroiled in a power struggle that led to his capture by forces
identified with his rival Emilio Aguinaldo who was later elected as the first
President of the Republic by the Malolos Congress.
Yet, through time, Bonifacio has earned a more preeminent place in the
pantheon of Filipino heroes, perhaps next only to Rizal – primarily because
his advocacy of armed struggle to win the cause of Philippine
independence catalyzed the eclipse of Spanish colonial rule. Bonifacio is
also viewed in a more benign light by historians owing to the major role he
played in creating a distinct Filipino consciousness and stoking the nascent
stirrings of nationalism.
Worth recalling, too, is his working class background. He interrupted his
early schooling to earn a living as a craftsman, then as a messenger-clerk,
storekeeper and agent of foreign commercial firms in Manila. The
Katipunan movement that he founded “exalted work as the source of all
value.” Thus did he become too, an exponent of the dignity of labor and the
need to overthrow by force those who had trampled upon the basic rights
of the working masses.
Aside from being remembered as the supremo of the Katipunan, Bonifacio
earned the distinction of being called the Great Plebeian. Born of humble
means, he immersed himself in the daily struggles of the working classes
and exemplified the aspirations to nationhood and freedom of the nation’s
poor. Although he is not known for scholarship and erudition like Rizal, he
is admired and emulated for embodying the Filipinos’ bravery and deep
love of country.
The world suffers a lot
Not because of the violence
of bad people
But because of the silence
Of good people.

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EDITORIAL WRITING

REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS

1. Be familiar with the significant concepts in

1. To analyze pressing issues in order to

3. To either react to or raise issues that must be

In the context of campus journalism

 Editorials seek to reflect the paper’s pro-student

 Editorials seek to provide analysis of issues from

 Assumes that local/campus concerns are part of

 National concerns are discussed in the context of

• Normally printed in the Opinion/Editorial (Op-Ed)

• Unlike other journalistic outputs, editorials do

•It reflects the majority vote of the editorial board

•It should be the timely, sensitive and

The last part drives home the final and

this conclusion may be in the form of

The dynamics of the revolutionary movement bred intrigue and factionalism.

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