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Week 4

Week 4. Monday 8.27.12. You will have the first 5 minutes of class to review your notes. Separate sheet of paper. Header, label “Rights and Responsibilities” Number 1-25 in a straight column down the left hand side of your paper. Tuesday 8.28.12.

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Week 4

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  1. Week 4

  2. Monday 8.27.12 • You will have the first 5 minutes of class to review your notes. • Separate sheet of paper. • Header, label “Rights and Responsibilities” • Number 1-25 in a straight column down the left hand side of your paper.

  3. Tuesday 8.28.12 • Please pick up a Journalism book from the back of the room. • In your notebook; title a new page “What is News?” • Underneath, copy down and define Chapter 3’s vocabulary. • Chapter Vocabulary • News Judgment • Timeliness • Proximity • Prominence • Consequence • Human-interest • Conflict

  4. Example Article • Lets look through the newspaper and try and find an example of an article that has the news element… • Timeliness • Proximity • Prominence • Consequence • Human-interest • Conflict

  5. Wednesday 8.30.12 • What is News? • A report of a current event in a newspaper, on the radio, TV, internet or even word of mouth.

  6. NOWs • News of the Week • These will be due once a week when I collect Notebooks. • We usually receive the Sunday paper on Wednesday and you will get Wednesday’s in class to work on them. • However, they are assigned every Monday and due every Friday.

  7. Sources of News • Newspapers • TV • Magazine • Internet • Billboard • Radio • Word of Mouth • Telephone • Texting • Email • Blogs • Books

  8. Thursday 9.1.11 • Where do you get most of your news? • What source of news is most accurate? • Which of these is most entertaining? • Why do people provide the news? • Why are people interested in getting news? • Who controls the news?

  9. What is in a Newspaper? • Paid • Classified • Display Ads • 60% of the paper • Ads get put in first! • Controlled by the Editor • Written by Reporters • 40% of the paper • Articles “fill” up the rest of the paper (News Hole) Advertising Editorial Content

  10. Three Different Types of Stories • Hard News • World • State • City • Local • Business • Events & Issues • Weather & construction • Death notices • FACT • Soft News • Sports • Entertainment • Food • Travel • Celebrity Gossip • Editorials (opinions) • Obituary • Features • Type of soft • Personality Profile • Syndicated Columns • Comics

  11. Inverted Pyramid • In daily newspapers, stories are usually written in inverted pyramid style.

  12. Most important information Least important information The “Cut Test”: Editors used to chop off a story from the bottom up to fill the space in a column. Now, most are continued to another page or linked to a website.

  13. Friday 9.2.11 • Take out your “What is News?” handout. • Read the column titled “What Makes a Story Interesting to Readers?” • A new Element of News is introduced and a couple have different names. Identify the new Element, label the different names with the ones we are learning.

  14. NOWs • You will have the rest of the hour to gather up articles from the newspaper for your NOWs.

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