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WorksheetsPurpose & Ethics
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
What criteria is explained as this:
Stories that make us curious to read.
Impact
Interest
Oddity
Audience
Name the values & ethics:
There is a lot of focus and emphasis on details.
Brevity
Relevance
Accuracy
Clarity
Name the values & ethics:
The writing is as concise and 'to the point' as possible.
Brevity
Accuracy
Clarity
Relevance
Name the values & ethics:
You need to understand the events first before you write the story.
Brevity
Relevance
Accuracy
Clarity
Name the values & ethics:
The story that you chose should be important to people.
Relevance
Accuracy
Brevity
Clarity
What does it mean to give attribution?
Making it your own
Giving credit to where the information came from
Getting assistance from someone
Copying and pasting from Google.
What does 'fairness& balance' mean?
Being balanced with information and lies.
Not saying rude things.
Being honest.
Not picking a side or showing favoritism.
What does being truthful in newspaper mean?
Write true stories with real information.
Being nice to people.
Helping people.
Writing stories however you want to.
