Journalism Review

Newsworthiness

100

THIS type of newsworthiness refers to how many people this story will impact

What is... CONSEQUENCE/IMPACT?

200

THIS refers to how recent the news event is.

What is TIMELINESS?

300

If a story happens relatively close to wear you live it has THIS.

What is PROXIMITY? 

400

If people are generally familiar with the person, place, or event, it has THIS.

What is prominence? 

500

The act of determining which stories are newsworthy

What is... Gatekeeping?

Anatomy of a Newspaper

100

THIS is a statement that tells the audience what is happening in the picture

What is... a PHOTO CAPTION?

200

THIS follows the headline of a news story and provides additional information before introducing the actual news story.

What is... the SUB-HEAD?

300

THIS is where you find the author of a news story.

What is... the BYLINE?

400

THIS states where a news story was PHYSICALLY written.

What is... the DATELINE?

500

THIS is the title of a newspaper or other publication. It's usually the LARGEST writing on a newspaper.

What is... the MASTHEAD? 

News Stories

100

THIS structure (shape) is a type of graphic organizer that shows journalists how to write about what is most to least important.

What is... the Inverted Pyramid?

200

THIS can be thought of as the "title" if a news story. It should share critical parts of the news story and it should be "catchy."

What is... the HEADLINE?

300

THIS is the most important information of the story, usually the first few sentences of a news article.

What is... the NEWS LEAD?

400

The news lead should answer THESE questions.

What is... Who, What, When, Where?

500

THESE questions are NOT answered in the News Lead, but should be answered later on in the article. (Hint: 1 W and 1 H)

What is...

Why and How?

General Class

100

A 10-minute news segment you watch and reflect about each day in class

What is CNN 10?

200

The amount of extra time you have to be in your seat and working on CNN 10 when the bell rings

What is... ONE MINUTE?

300

The names of all the people sitting at Table 1

Who are...

- Bonnie

- Dessarae 

- Maggie

- Ruby?

400

The title of Costa Mesa Middle School's newspaper

What is... Mav News?

500

The names of everyone sitting at Table 7

Who are...

Sean

Aeen

Nicolas?

Personal Profile

100

a feature and human-interest story about a specific person

What is a Personal Profile?

200

This is ONE type of person you CANNOT choose to write a Personal Profile about

What is... EITHER

• Teammates

• Close friends

• Significant others

• People who have died (this is an obituary)?

300

This is something you should do DURING a Personal Profile Interview.

What is...

- Ask follow-up questions?

OR

- Be an active listener?

400

This is the type of person you SHOULD write a Personal Profile on.

What is...

Someone interesting to various people at school?

500

True or False... a Personal Profile story is a type of Human Interest story. 

What is...

True?