Purpose & Ethics

What is the point of a newspaper?

• To tell fake news.

• To share events and information to the public in an entertaining way.

• To keep people in the loop.

• To tell people things to watch out for.

What should be included in a news story?

• Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?

• Information that is important.

• Something that people will actually want to read.

How do you know if a news story is worthy?

• It is about something going on.

• It has to meet a certain element or elements.

• If I want to read it.

• If it can be showed on TV.

What criteria is explained as this:

What does OMS want to know? ALWAYS consider the reader!

• Timeliness

• Conflict

• Human Interest

• Audience

What criteria is explained as this:

What information will the reader already have? How can we report the news that is current and up to date?

• Timeliness & Currency

• Proximity

• Impact

• Interst

What criteria is explained as this:

The event is close to us.

• Proximity

• Impact

• Timeliness/Current

• Conflict

What criteria is explained as this:

The story has relation to the readers and the community that is significant.

• Proximity

• Oddity

• Impact

• Prominence

What criteria is explained as this:

It is about a name, or someone who has power.

• Prominence

• Oddity

• Impact

• Interest

What criteria is explained as this:

The story is unique.

• Impact

• Interest

• Audience

• Oddity

What criteria is explained as this:

The story is about a problem.

• Conflict

• Audience

• Interest

• Proximity