journalism notes

Criteria of Newsworthiness Notes

Definition:
Define “Broadcast/Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
The telling of current events that are newsworthy through TV, radio, and Internet, and news paper and magazines


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. significant- impacts a lot of people. example 9/11/Haiti earthquake

2. Proximity-caring about things that are close to us. example Traffic, weather

3. Timeliness- Things that are happening now. example vikings game last night

4. prominence- famous people are news worthy. example Obamas new puppy

5. unusualness- care about things that don't happen everyday. example man biting a dog

6. Human Interest- appeal to the audiences emotion. example fire, murder then a baby panda was born to make you feel good after bad things


What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. print has more information and depth to its stories

2. broadcast is faster and current to the minute

3. print has more stories than broadcast

4. print allowes its reader to choose which stories they want to read

5. you can see the story, rather than imagine it

Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?

1. Its current, you can have lots of info, and you can read what you wanna read.