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How do the LAF pen drivers stack up?

What is news? LAFers sayaffects peopleinteresting to public, affects people, useful to publicinteresting that people would spend moneyaffects people, up to the minuteout of the ordinary, relevanthappenings of national and local issuesrelevant and that public is interested ininfo on current events or issues that are relevant useful and interestinganything thats relevant to me! What is news?What is news?No one agreed upon definitionWhat is news?No one agreed upon definitionI know it when I see it Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, 1964

What is news?No one agreed upon definitionI know it when I see it Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, 1964In every newsroom and website, people are constantly deciding what is news: the ability to determine which stories are most interesting and important to readers.

This years Republican primary season offers us an important opportunity to confront our scruples about the privacy of faith in public life and to get over them. We have an unusually large number of candidates, including putative front-runners, who belong to churches that are mysterious or suspect to many Americans. Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are Mormons, a faith that many conservative Christians have been taught is a cult and that many others think is just weird. (Huntsman says he is not overly religious.) Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum are all affiliated with fervid subsets of evangelical Christianity, which has raised concerns about their respect for the separation of church and state, not to mention the separation of fact and fiction.

Rev. Wrights greatest hits... where White folks' greed runs a world in need... America's chickens are coming home to roost... The government lied about Pearl Harbor too. They knew the Japanese were going to attackPresented lifetime achievement award to Louis FarrakhanWhat is news: Inside ReportingWhat is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperWhat is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impactWhat is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, What is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, What is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, What is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, novelty, What is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, novelty, conflict What is news: Inside ReportingIt all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaperIR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, novelty, conflict and emotions If you dont have the goods, nobodys going to look. Thats never going to change.Journalism pros: part III

What is news: Telling the StoryWhat is news: Telling the StoryRelevanceWhat is news: Telling the StoryRelevanceUsefulnessWhat is news: Telling the StoryRelevanceUsefulnessInterestMore specificallyMore specificallyImpactMore specificallyImpactConflictMore specificallyImpactConflictNoveltyMore specificallyImpactConflictNoveltyProminenceMore specificallyImpactConflictNoveltyProminenceProximityMore specificallyImpact ConflictNoveltyProminenceProximityTimelinessTTS v IRImpact ImpactConflict ConflictNovelty NoveltyProminence ProminenceProximity Proximity Timeliness Immediacy Emotions

Two points to considerNews is not all life and death

Two points to considerNews is not all life and deathNews is more than a collection of facts The University of Florida defeated Florida Atlantic University on Saturday by a score of 44-3 in a football game played in Gainesville.

Let er rip!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Florida Gators boldly announced the arrival of the Muschamp era Saturday night in a brutal demolition of overwhelmed Florida Atlantic University.

The wind of change is blowing through this continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

Harold MacmillanSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truthSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizensSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verificationSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verification; independence

So too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verification; independence; monitor of powerSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromiseSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise; make significant interestingSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise; make significant interesting; news is comprehensive and proportionalSo too journalismProject for Excellence in JournalismProposed nine elements of journalismFirst obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens; verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise; make significant interesting; news is comprehensive and proportional; practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscienceWhich brings us to Accuracy, Fairness & Objectivity

Bob Woodwardthe best obtainable version of the truth...

AccuracyAccuracyMost important characteristic of any storyAccuracyMost important characteristic of any storyCheck every name, number, quote... every detailAccuracyMost important characteristic of any storyCheck every name, number, quote... every detailJohn Hopkins University = F/EAccuracyMost important characteristic of any storyCheck every name, number, quote... every detailJohn Hopkins University = F/EYoull never have all the facts, but the ones you have must be accurateThen, is it fair?Then, is it fair?You can be accurate but unfair. How?Then, is it fair?You can be accurate but unfair. How?Get all sides of storyThen, is it fair?You can be accurate but unfair. How?Get all sides of storyRelate circumstancesWhich brings us to objectivityWhich brings us to objectivityMost mainstream journalists contend they strive for objectivity... even at pubs such as Time, Newsweek, NY Times, Washington Post et. alWhich brings us to objectivityMost mainstream journalists contend they strive for objectivity... even at pubs such as Time, Newsweek, NY Times, Washington Post et. alObjective = provableWhich brings us to objectivityMost mainstream journalists contend they strive for objectivity... even at pubs such as Time, Newsweek, NY Times, Washington Post et. alObjective = provableProperly understood, objectivity provides the method most likely to yield the best obtainable version of the truth.Assignments 9/13IR pages 74-81Assignments 9/13IR pages 74-81Your first interview! Find somebody in your family, a neighbor, a friend, in your church who is a veteran of the U.S. military. You will interview them

Assignments 9/13Take great notes: what service, where did they serve, combat?, rank progression, what did they learn, would they do again, how did it change attitudes about country, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

Assignments 9/13Take great notes: what service, where did they serve, combat?, rank progression, what did they learn, would they do again, how did it change attitudes about country, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.You will turn in your HAND-WRITTEN interview notes (at least three pages!!)