Understanding News Qualities

1. Understanding News Qualities A quiz on “What Makes News”

2. News qualities examples • Go to the following web links. Identify and explain the news quality that each story demonstrates. Some stories may demonstrate the same quality. • Write answers in a rich text file and attach the file to an e-mail message to the instructor. • http://www.cleveland.com/ • http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-01-12-kucinich-sioux_x.htm • http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-01-12-iraq_x.htm • http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2752762/detail.html

3. News qualities examples • Go to the following web links. Identify and explain the news quality that each story demonstrates. • http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/14/Worldandnation/Surgeons_fix_queen_s_.shtml • http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/28/Northpinellas/Cramped_quarters_no_m.shtml • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/386563.stm • http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-06-28-energy_x.htm

4. News qualities examples • Go to the following web links. Identify and explain the news quality that each story demonstrates. • http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-08-24-russia-crash_x.htm • http://www.usatoday.com/html/money/general/2001-09-12-corporate-loss.htm • http://www.nationalenquirer.com/

5. Who are these public figures? • Write answers in a rich text file and attach the file to an e-mail message to the instructor. • Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton • Dr. Belinda Miles • George W. Bush • Barack Obama • Denzel Washington • Troy Smith • Sherrod Brown • Frank G. Jackson • Ted Strickland • Dick Cheney