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What Is News?

What Is News?. Let’s Keep It Simple. New s = What’s New. News value the criteria editors and reporters use to decide what news is fit to print or broadcast. Professor Villarosa’s son catches huge fish. How to Judge News Value. Relevance (Does it matter?)

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What Is News?

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  1. What Is News?

  2. Let’s Keep It Simple... News = What’s New

  3. News valuethe criteria editors and reporters use to decide what news is fit to print or broadcast

  4. Professor Villarosa’s son catches huge fish

  5. How to Judge News Value • Relevance (Does it matter?) • Usefulness (Is it important that people know this?) • Interest (Who cares?)

  6. Journalists look for these elements, when selecting news stories: • Timeliness • Impact • Conflict • Novelty • Prominence • Proximity • Engagement • Solutions

  7. Timeliness News is supposed to be new. These days that means instantaneous.

  8. Weather Channel Boasts Record Ratings, Thanks to Hurricane Sandy; 300 million page views!

  9. Impact How many people are affected? The greater the impact, the better the story.

  10. Hurricane Sandy Pummels East Coast

  11. Conflict

  12. Turkish Forces Strike Syria

  13. Obama Blames Republicans for Government Shutdown

  14. Broncos Beat Patriots to Play in Super Bowl

  15. Novelty Some events are newsworthy just because they are unusual.

  16. Cat Survives 26 Story Fall

  17. Diana Nyad

  18. Prominence The bigger the name, the bigger the news

  19. Royal Baby!

  20. Proximity People care about what happens close to home.

  21. Laundry Lounge Opens in Harlem!

  22. Atlanta Snowstorm Shuts Down City

  23. Engagement Sometimes a news report marks the beginning of a conversation—that keeps going.

  24. Jury Acquits George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Killing

  25. Solutions Many news stories discuss problems; the best ones also offer solutions.

  26. College Debt Reaches All-Time High • 7 Ways to Reduce College Debt • MTV Helps Battle College Debt with New Facebook App • Experts discuss solutions for the College Debt Crisis

  27. To recap…Journalists look for these elements, when selecting news stories: • Timeliness • Impact • Conflict • Novelty • Prominence • Proximity • Engagement • Solutions

  28. Assignment due next Tuesday • Write 300 words about a news event that affected your life. What was it? When was it? Why was it important to you? How did you first find out—TV, social media, word of mouth? • Print it out, double space, pay attention to grammar. • Come prepared for news quiz.

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