Principles
News Values
Vocab
Application to Headlines
100

Don't read my diary! The first principle of journalism requires this type of sharing in order to be considered journalism.

What is mass communication?

100

This news value refers to how close a story is to the intended audience.

What is proximity?

100

This term refers to the form in which the journalism is published

What is media?

100

"Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast"


News Value:

What is impact?

What is proximity?

What is timeliness?

200

This constitutional right is the foundation for protecting journalists in the United States.

What is the First Amendment?

200

This news value refers to how much the intended audience will be affected by the story.

What is impact?

200

Named after a famous singer, this term refers to information becoming more popular after attempting to suppress it. 

What is the Streisand effect?

300

According to the third principle of journalism, this group of people has to always be kept in mind.

Who is the audience?

300

This news value refers to how famous or popular the subject is.

What is prominence?

300

This term refers to websites that collect already reported on information to repackage it for another audience.

What is a news aggregator?

400

This kind of third-person point of view is what all journalists (except for when they're writing opinion pieces) use.

What is the objective point of view?

400

This news value refers to issues of debate, strife and argument.

What is conflict?

400

Exemplified by the very first marathon, this term refers to how humans have an innate need for information.

What is the Awareness Instinct?

500

While these two terms can be confused, one refers to the truth of the story with context while the other refers to the precision of the facts?

What is truthful and accurate?

500

This news value refers to how much the story will pull on the heartstrings (most common with feature pieces).

What is human interest?

500

Hey big bro! This term refers to the ways softer (often feature) stories are connected to national, harder stories.

What is a news peg?