Journalism Week 1 Vocabulary

The act of collecting, writing, and distributing news to the public.

• editor

• medium

• feedback

• journalism

A form of communication like a letter, newspaper, a book, a blog post, or a radio broadcast.

• feedback

• medium

• journalist

• freedom of press

A _________ is one who prepares a message for the receiver, who can be a television viewer, a newspaper reader, a radio listener, etc.

A person that gathers the news, writes it, edits it, or otherwise prepares it for print or broadcast.

• medium

• feedback

• sender

• journalist

All radio and television stations must have this from the federal government in order to avoid conflict with the limited number of channels available in the broadcast spectrum.

• medium

• journalism

• license

• documentary

Requires that radio and television stations allow opposing views to have comparable air.

• license

• Documentary

• Equal-time Law

• Fairness Doctrine

Radio and television stations that provide air time for a political candidate must provide equal time for any other "legitimate" candidate for the same office.

• Equal-time Law

• Documentary

• Fairness Doctrine

• Libel

Regular news programs present information to viewers.

• newscasts

• electronic media

• Shelf life

• receiver

All radio and television stations are monitored and licensed by the _____ which is a branch of the federal government in Washington, D.C.

• FCC: Federal Communications Commission

• License

• Editor

• Journalist

News is a commodity, bought and sold, like any other product. And it has a very short _____

• license

• medium

• editor

• shelf life