chapter 1-what is news?
TRANSCRIPT
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UNDERSTANDING NEWSChapter 1
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WHAT IS NEWS?What do you think? Write it down.
Via DeviantArt
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Before the definition
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
News must be facts, but facts don’t equal news
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
News must be facts, but facts don’t equal news
Opinions may be used - as long as they are those of someone prominent, not that of the reporter
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
News must be facts, but facts don’t equal news
Opinions may be used - as long as they are those of someone prominent, not that of the reporter
News is about people
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
News must be facts, but facts don’t equal news
Opinions may be used - as long as they are those of someone prominent, not that of the reporter
News is about people
What might be important to one community might not be important to another... and what is important for one community might be important for all communities.
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
News must be facts, but facts don’t equal news
Opinions may be used - as long as they are those of someone prominent, not that of the reporter
News is about people
What might be important to one community might not be important to another... and what is important for one community might be important for all communities.
News is timely
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Before the definitionPoints to remember when defining news...
News must be facts, but facts don’t equal news
Opinions may be used - as long as they are those of someone prominent, not that of the reporter
News is about people
What might be important to one community might not be important to another... and what is important for one community might be important for all communities.
News is timely
Interest and importance might not always work together.
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Types of News
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Types of News
Hard News: About timely events that have significance for relatively large numbers of readers, listeners, and viewers - government, politics, foreign affairs, religion
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Types of News
Hard News: About timely events that have significance for relatively large numbers of readers, listeners, and viewers - government, politics, foreign affairs, religion
Soft News: Written to entertain. Stories that deal with human interest and appeal more to emotions than the intellect and the desire to be informed.
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Audience
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
Reporters need to write stories in ways that will appeal to the largest numbers of their audience.
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
Reporters need to write stories in ways that will appeal to the largest numbers of their audience.
Example: How would a story about the new iPod be written for the following outlets?
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
Reporters need to write stories in ways that will appeal to the largest numbers of their audience.
Example: How would a story about the new iPod be written for the following outlets?
A business newspaper (The Wall Street Journal)
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
Reporters need to write stories in ways that will appeal to the largest numbers of their audience.
Example: How would a story about the new iPod be written for the following outlets?
A business newspaper (The Wall Street Journal)
A regional newspaper (LA Times)
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
Reporters need to write stories in ways that will appeal to the largest numbers of their audience.
Example: How would a story about the new iPod be written for the following outlets?
A business newspaper (The Wall Street Journal)
A regional newspaper (LA Times)
The Lance
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AudienceNews reporters must remember that they write for an audience.
Reporters must make facts interesting to a particular audience
Reporters need to write stories in ways that will appeal to the largest numbers of their audience.
Example: How would a story about the new iPod be written for the following outlets?
A business newspaper (The Wall Street Journal)
A regional newspaper (LA Times)
The Lance
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So what is news?
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
Drama
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
Drama
Oddity or unusualness
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
Drama
Oddity or unusualness
Conflict
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
Drama
Oddity or unusualness
Conflict
Sex
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
Drama
Oddity or unusualness
Conflict
Sex
Emotions and Instincts
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So what is news?There are 10 factors:
Immediacy, or “timeliness”
Proximity and nearness
Consequence - the impact a decision will have
Prominence
Drama
Oddity or unusualness
Conflict
Sex
Emotions and Instincts
Progress
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Bringing it all together
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Bringing it all togetherOn the second page of your sheet, you’ll see room for three stories.
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Bringing it all togetherOn the second page of your sheet, you’ll see room for three stories. Choose a story from a Web site in each one of the following categories:
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Bringing it all togetherOn the second page of your sheet, you’ll see room for three stories. Choose a story from a Web site in each one of the following categories:
National News: wsj.com, washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com, usatoday.com
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Bringing it all togetherOn the second page of your sheet, you’ll see room for three stories. Choose a story from a Web site in each one of the following categories:
National News: wsj.com, washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com, usatoday.comRegional News: latimes.com, ocregister.com, nydailynews.com
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Bringing it all togetherOn the second page of your sheet, you’ll see room for three stories. Choose a story from a Web site in each one of the following categories:
National News: wsj.com, washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com, usatoday.comRegional News: latimes.com, ocregister.com, nydailynews.comSchool News: dailytrojan.com, dailybruin.com, dailytitan.com