Journalism!

Something that is recent, is new, and has happened within a certain time period

• Importance

• Timeliness

• Human Interest

• Proximity

News that is relative to the people that read it and is in the general location of the paper

• proximity

• timeliness

• importance

• human interest

How much it effects the readers and how much the readers will care about it

• importance

• proximity

• timliness

• human interest

How it effects the reader emotionally and makes them feel after

• Human Interest

• Importance

• Drama

• Timliness

If something interesting is happening and has a point or dramatic part to it (PICK 2)

• Conflict

• Drama

• Human interest

• Importance

What goes into a good news lead?

• The importance, all 5ws, and how

• Addressing who it happened to

• Where the event happened

• How long the event went on

What is an angle?

• Point of view from which the article is told from

• how many sources or interviews the writer has

• How the questions in an interview are asked

• What the important part of the story is

How are News stories organized?

• Using the inverted pyramid, beginning most important, end least important, middle is iffy

• Using the triangular pyramid

• Least important is listed first and most important is listed last

• The Middle contains the most important parts of the story

Which is not a rule for conducting an interview?

• Setting aside time with the source

• starting the recording before you get there

• Making sure you have the sources content

• Setting a location to meet the source for the interview

How can you avoid editorializing

• Not applying your opinion

• Keeping all straight facts

• Directly quoting the source

• All of these are true