News Values
A good journalist and a strong staff work together to achieve...
What is incorporating more than one news value into a story?
Methods that student publications use to find story ideas
What is Beat Reporting
...Information from the professional press
...Information from direct observation?
Organization that wrote and maintains the Journalism Code of Ethics
What is the Society of Professional Journalists?
Students were allowed to wear black armbands in class in protest of the Vietnam War because it did not disrupt classroom learning.
What is the Tinker vs. DMISD Supreme Court case?
A program that creates documents using a variety of digital page and text editing tools.
What is Adobe InDesign?
The seven news values help determine and influence _________ for editors and journalists
The main story, budget for other stories
Four (4) things you can take notes from when making Direct Observations to help you find story ideas
What is what people are talking about (even if you don’t hear the whole conversation)
Note who is talking (or at least be able to describe them)
Do you see any signs of emotion
Actual phrases and any details you hear.
Stealing creative or academic work without citing the creator
What is plagiarism?
A card with your picture, name and name of your publication. Gains access to leaders and important figures at certain events. Allows closer to events and action than general public.
What is a Press Credential?
A program that manipulates preexisting images and photographs using color and composition digital editing tools.
What is Adobe Photoshop?
The closer your story is to your publication date...
What is the more timely it is?
Important things that Beat Reporters need to know
What is the people to talk to and how to reach them by phone, in person or electronically.
When interesting events are scheduled to happen or when they might happen
The history of the beat
The big picture of the beat, as well as the details
The controversies or conflicts involved in the beat
The abbreviations, initials and slang of the beat
Where to go for clarification when they are confused about an aspect of their beat?
Telling both sides of a story
What is Balance?
Exclusive right to intellectual property
What is Copyright?
A media document created by combining different images
A composite
Three qualities of someone with prominence
What is
standing out
Being conspicuous
Being widely known?
How often should a Beat Reporter interact with people on their beat.
What is once every news cycle?
Reporting 100% of facts, truthfully, and ensuring all published work is free of errors or mistakes
What is Accurate?
Journalists may:
Refuse to give evidence to the police or other officials
May refuse to identify confidential sources.
What are Shield Laws?
File type for text documents
.doc, .pdf, .txt, .docx
Your audience can strengthen the news value of a story.
What is by engaging with the story?
You never assume as a beat reporter about your contacts
What is that they know what good news is?
The final check for accuracy, balance, and fairness.
What is a copy editor?
A 1974 law that requires schools districts to give parents and students over 18, access to their educational records.
What is FERPA?
File type for images
.jpg, .png, .webp, .tiff, .cr2, .gif, .dng