Definition:
Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
It is the telling of current events that are newsworthy through the Internet, radio, television, magazines and newspaper.
List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
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1. Timeliness: Current events such as health care, weather, foreign affairs, etc...
2. Significance: The bigger the impact on people the more newsworthy it is (Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, elections, 9/11, etc...)
3. Unusualness: Things that are out of the ordinary (Hurricane destroying city, earthquake destroying nation, woman having eight babies, family with 19 kids, etc...)
4. Prominence: Famous or important people (Brittney Spears gets haircut, President Obama's dog, etc...)
5. Proximity: People care about news that are close to them (Star Tribune compared to CNN, weather, etc...)
6. Human Interest Story: Feel good stories that are meant to show you something positive on the news (baby whale, humans overcoming adversity, etc...)
What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. You can read a newspaper or magazine whenever you want.
2. Newspapers generally tend to be more in depth.
3. You also have control over what you read.
What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?
1. Video and audio has the potential to bring a story to life.
2. It's much more live and current whereas the news in a newspaper may be outdated.
3. It's genereally more accessible (phone, radio, etc...)
Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
You have the best of both broadcast journalism and print journalism. On an online news story you can get the depth that you could get from newspapers while still getting the media such as videos and audio from broadcast journalism. We can also get it whenever we want.
