The Main Idea
Another word for the general subject of a paragraph
topic
Give an example of traditional journalism.
News in/on newspapers, television, radio, magazines that is produced by professional journalists.
What is the main way that traditional media make money?
Adversiting
What concept led to OhmyNews?
Every citizen can be a reporter.
What is an adjective you could use to describe a story that does not appear anywhere in the news? (Hint: this word appeared in our article as a verb.)
Ignored.
A word for what the author wants to say or prove about the topic
claim
Give an example of citizen journalism.
News on blogs, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc. that is produced by ordinary people, not professionals.
How has the popularity of online news effected the income of traditional media companies?
They have lost money.
What do we call adding information to a blog or social media?
Posting
A student is looking online to find out what is happening around the world with COVID-19. How would you describe what the student is doing. (Hint: This is a word that can be a verb or a noun.)
Research.
The two parts of the main idea of a paragraph
The topic or general ideal and the claim, what the author wants to say or prove about the topic
A professional journalist who checks stories and decides if they should be published.
An editor.
Why have traditional media like the NYT and CNN started their own websites?
Because online news is more popular than traditional media and they want advertisers.
What do we call news that is inaccurate?
Fake News
Tom listens to the national news on the TV every weekday at 6:00 PM. How would you complete this sentence?
Tom is part of the __________ for national TV news.
audience
What is the topic in this sentence?
News stories generally share two characteristics.
The topic is news stories.
Name two problems with citizen journalism.
Accuracy and deciding what should and should not be published.
Name the prize given every year for the best stories and photographs produced by professional journalists.
The Pulitzer Prize.
Give an example of something controversial that a blogger might post to the Internet. Controversial means that people will argue about whether that story, photo or video should be on the Internet for everyone to see.
An execution or something like that, something violent, horrifying, or sexual.
National guard troops have been in Washington DC since January 6th and people are starting to ask how long they will stay. How would you complete this sentence?
Some people are starting to wonder how long this will __________.
last
What is the claim in this sentence?
The news is one of the best ways for language learners to improve their English.
The claim is that the news is one of the best ways for language learners to improve their English (or words to that effect).
Name a famous journalist and newspaper owner who helped make newspaper reading popular with immigrants to the US and gave lots of money to help make journalism a respected profession.
Joseph Pulitzer
What is something important that a person who wants to become a professional journalist must do? Hint: like doctors, lawyers and teachers.
Go to school (university, college) to get an education in journalism.
Who writes news stories for OhmyNews?
Citizen journalists.
The general idea of citizen journalism is really not new anymore; but, we still have not reached solutions for some of the problems with citizen journalism.
What is another word you could use for "general idea" in the paragraph above?
concept