News
•Noteworthy information about individuals, events, civic actions, conflicts, or disasters within/of interest to the community, especially if it is important, has impact, and is timely.
•What is the news?
•To inform, education, guide, and entertain.
1.What are the roles of a journalist?
•In journalism, there is no such thing as a small error. Names must be spelled exactly right. Addresses must be completely accurate.
•What is accuracy?
•Unlike what you see in Egypt or in Mexico, this metaphoric diagram is upside down; it represents the concept that all of the most important information must come first.
•What is the Inverted Pyramid?
•The first paragraph of your News Article.
•What is the Lead?
•North, east, west, south.
•What are the directions that make up the all-encompassing word of “NEWS?”
•Journalists are trained to do this as objectively and as unbiased as possible.
•What is Report the News?
Copying all or parts of someone else’s article, because who really is going to know?
What is plagiarism?
•Luring the reader in with often gory, shocking, or grotesque facts. The Lead should contain this type of information.
•What is eye-popping, jaw-dropping, or attention-grabbing information?
•These can never be stacked, or placed back to back.
•What are quotes?
•Newspapers, websites, apps on your smart phone, the radio, TV, social media, and word of mouth.
What are ways that people get their news?
•This legal document protects journalists from any form of government retribution for reporting anything that calls into question the actions of the government.
•What is the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
Purposely writing a false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation.
What is libel?
•Title, Name, Said
•What is the proper order of Attribution?
•Lead, Additional Information (Optional), Quote, Transition, Quote, Transition, Quote, Transition, Quote, Transition… Quote
•What is the order of paragraphs for a News Article?
•The last few paragraphs of a news article.
•What is a part of the article that most people never get to?
•Research, write, edit, proofread, file, and deliver news stories, features, and other types of articles.
•What are the specific duties of journalists?
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another; it used to be something all journalists vowed to keep out of their reporting.
What is bias?
•After the first sentence of the quote.
•Where does the attribution go in regards to a quote?
•Live updates, up to the minute information, and current status of subjects.
•What are things you cannot have in a newspaper News Article?
•To provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.
What is the ultimate value or purpose of the news?
•If journalists didn’t act as a government watchdog by monitoring all government activities in order to ensure transparency and that the elected officials carry out the voters’ wishes, this form of government would crumble.
•What is democracy?
•The ability to be believed. All journalists once held this notion amongst the masses. Unfortunately these days, many people no longer have this trust.
•What is Credibility?
•Interacting with your reader (a.k.a. conversational tone), opinions, assumptions, and personal bias.
•What are things that should NOT be in a News Article?
•The process of obtaining valuable quotes to use for your news article.
•What is interviewing?