Newsroom

"News Judgment" is ...

• When students in journalism class judge each other's writing skills.

• ability to determine stories that are interesting to target audience.

• To judge the people in the newsroom.

• When a judge hands down a verdict.

Delivering news and information effectively is part art, part science.

• True

• False

How do we know what readers/viewers want?

• If we like it, they should like it.

• We ask them, we watch them

• It shouldn't matter what they want.

One of 3 lessons that Jenny learned is:

• You spend 10% chasing a story and 90% writing it.

• You spend as much time chasing and writing a story.

• It takes 20% more to write the story.

• You often spend 90% of your time chasing a story, and just 10% writing it.

At most newspapers/news the writers are:

• Photo Editor

• Circulation Manager

• General and Beat Reporters

• The Editor

Who covers topics like politics, education, sports, movies?

• Sales Team

• City Editor

• Beat Reporter

• Page Designer

What's an expression that is used when your story won't be published?

• pin

• spiked

• skated

• closure

If your story is too long, it's called a

• holy cow

• dog-runner

• goat-choker

• killed

Parts of a story: Opening of a story - key facts are condensed.

Parts of a story: Someone's exact words, usually spoke to the reporter during the interview.