News Values
The value relating to how recent a news story is
What is timeliness?
The section you will find stories about basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, etc.
What is the sports section?
The official name for the title of a news article
What is a headline?
One of Chicago's two main newspapers
What is the Chicago Tribune or Chicago Sun-Times?
Where you usually find the author's name in a news article
What is under the headline and above the story?
Relating to how famous or powerful a subject is
What is prominence?
The section you will find the most timely, important stories that affect you and people around you
What is the news section?
You write this out completely on first reference in a story
What is a person's full name? (first and last name)
What you call someone who works for a newspaper or TV station covering the news
What is a reporter/journalist?
The news value that has to do with how out of the ordinary a story is
What is weirdness?
How close an event was to you; the nearness of a story to its audience
What is proximity?
The section where writers express their own personal views and feelings
What is the opinion page?
These punctuation marks are used to clearly show when someone is talking
What are quotation marks?
What are advertisements?
The news value that features two sides opposing each other
What is conflict?
The measure of how many people are affected and how seriously they are affected
What is impact?
The section where you will find stories on artists, music, film, and TV
What is arts and entertainment?
The space where you should put the most important information in a story (Who, What, Where, When, How)
What is the first 3 paragraphs?
A story that focuses more on entertaining than on simply informing the audience. These may be written on virtually any topic.
What is a feature story?
The news value that indicates the public will benefit from hearing the story
What is usefulness?
Similar to impact, but also includes how unexpected or shocking the news is
What is weight?
The section where you can find stories of people who have died
What are obituaries?
The name for the first 1-3 sentences of a news article
What is the lead?
The proper way to format someone speaking in a news article (hint: what order does their name go when attributing a quote to them?)
What is name said?
The title of the person in charge of all the articles in a newspaper
What is editor in chief?