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Definition: The spreading or publishing of current events that are newsworthy through magazines, newspapers, or the internet.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.


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1. Timeliness: current news - example: weather reporting, sports, etc


2. Proximity: people care about things near to them, how close you are to something will determine interest level - example: local, national, world news


3. Significance: a major event, impacts a lot of people - example: 9/11, hurricane, election, olympic, etc


4. Prominance: people that impact a lot of people - example: celebraties doing everyday things, Obama


5. Unusualness: things that do not happen very often - example: fires, murders, octuplets


6. Human Interest: a feel good story about something or someone to end on a good note (can be bad but is mostly positive) - example: talk about negative things then end on a lighter story (baby dolphin born)


What are the advantages of print journalism?


1. Can choose what you want to read when you want to

2. Can dedicate w whole article so a specific topic

3. Less mistakes and you can get news almost instantly


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?


1. Can change news as it comes in

2. More current

3. more into the news... Audio and video


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?

Because you can read what you want and it is cheaper

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