Wednesday, February 3, 2010

journalism notes

Definition:
Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Recap of important events, through newspaper magazines and internet.Current events that are newsworthy


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. significance: important events that influence many people: example is Haiti

2. timeliness: things that are current

3. Unusualness: uncommon: Murder, housefire

4. Proximity: news that affects the locals: Vikings in Minnesota to Vikings in Georgia

5. Prominence: important people: President Obama

6. Human interest: feel good story: tyler cropsey story in paper


What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. You can read it whenever you want

2. something tangible that you can take with you

3. you can choose what you read. the order of reading it


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?

1. the ability to have audio and video

2. much more current. Live breaking news

3. Television is much more accessable than newspaper


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
It combines the advantages of both broadcast and print journalism.

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