37 The Journal of English Literacy Education, Vol. 10, No. 1, May 2023, pp. 37-45 P-ISSN 2355-7486, E-ISSN 2621-4512 DEVELOPING MOODLE-BASED E-LEARNING MEDIA TO LEARN NEWS WRITING *Aswadi Jaya 1 , Asti Veto Mortini 2 corresponding author’s e-mail *aswadijaya4@gmail.com 1,2 English Education Study Program, PGRI University of Palembang Received: March 16, 2023 Published: May 31, 2023 Abstract: Students majoring in English language education need to have proficient writing skills which show wide range of cognitive and linguistics abilities. For that reason, news writing that includes techniques for writing good headlines, techniques for writing interesting headlines, and techniques for creating a comprehensive and in-depth news body is appropriate to facilitate that needs. The purpose of this research is to develop Moodle, Google Slides, and Power Point-based E-Learning aids for learning how to write news articles in writing for mass media course for English language education students. This study employs the 4D development model (Define, Design, Development, and Dissemination) to conduct R&D. This research uses a non-test instrument data collection strategy in the form of a questionnaire distributed to two material experts and two media experts. The results are as follows: a) the validation results by material experts received a score of 81.54 %, placing them in the very feasible category; b) the validation results by media experts received a score of 78.4 %, placing them in the feasible category. These results indicate that the E-Learning Moodle's learning materials are suitable to be used in the journalism course. Keywords: development , e-learning, media, moodle, news writing. How to Cite: Jaya, A., & Mortini.A. V. (2023). Developing moodle-based e-learning media to learn news writing. The Journal of English Literacy and Education: The Teaching and Learning of English as a Foreign Language, 10(1), 37-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.36706/jele.v10i1.20818 INTRODUCTION One of learning outcomes expected from students enrolled in the English language education program is their good skill in writing including in news writing genre. Since writing calls for a diverse range of linguistic and cognitive abilities, it is one of the most challenging language skills to learn. In fact, learning success is closely related to a number of problems that students face when learning, such as inefficient student learning variables and unappealing ways of presenting learning materials or media. Traditional learning systems are very dependent on the instructional learning environment, which is less acceptable now that science and technology are growing so quickly. Traditional ways of learning are less effective and have fallen behind because teachers should be able to adapt learning materials and media to the latest