Build the Story
This opening paragraph of a news story gives readers the most important verified information first.
What is a lead?
The element in this list that IS NOT essential for a story to be newsworthy: interesting, tragic, timely, important
What is tragic?
The name for the group of reporters that closely follow the president, sometimes accompanying him on Air Force One and covering domestic and international events.
What is the White House Press Corps?
Calling a proposal a "reckless disaster" instead of describing what it does is bias of this.
What is language?
An article by a guest writer that argues for a personal viewpoint is this form of journalism.
What is opinion or op-ed?
This news-writign structure places the most essential facts at the top and supporting details below (and it has nothing to do with Egypt)
What is the inverted pyramid?
Programs such as Survivor and Love Island belong to this television genre, even though editing shapes the stories viewers see.
What is reality tv?
This amendment protects freedom of speech and of the press.
What is the First Amendment?
Citing only 1/4 of the relevant statistics in order to hide more well-rounded data shows bias of this type.
What is emphasis?
An article that evaluates a movie, video game, restaurant, album, or book is this type of journalism.
What is a review?
Written in the largest font, it's the part of the article that most readers see first.
What is a headline?
The name for the words that accompany a photo embedded in an article. It might describe the photo or give information that moves the article forward.
What is a caption?
What the acronym FCC stands for.
What is the Federal Communications Commission?
Quoting only people who support one side of an issue demonstrates bias of these.
What are sources?
At many newspapers, this group writes opinion pieces representing the publication's institutional view and is separate from the newsroom.
What is when?
TikTok's For You Page and similar feeds use this set of computer rules to predict what will keep a user watching.
What is an algorithm?
What is CNN, MS NOW, and Politico?
This type of reading allows a consumer of media, especially social media, to determine whether a story is true or a source is trustworhty.
What is lateral reading?
A review is stronger when its judgements are supported with specific scenes, performances, dishes, or other examples--this kind of support. (English teachers agree!)
What is evidence?
The second paragraph in a news story gives background and explains why the story matters (and has nothing to do with cashews or pecans)
What is the nut (para)graph?
What is the Drudge Report?
This broadcast policy called for contrasting viewpoints on controversial public issues; the FCC repealed it in 1987
What is the Fairness Doctrine?
A story that makes a strong claim but supplies no documents, data, obersvations, or reliable testimony is biased because it is weak in this area. (Your English teacher might agree)
What is evidence?
Rather than simply saying I liked it, an effective opinion piece starts the same way an effective English essay does, with this.
What is a claim?