News Notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

Journalism--- current events that are newsworthy.
Broadcast--- delivering or sharing current events that are newsworthy via radio, television, or the inthernet.








List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.



TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE

1. Timeliness- we care about the current things.

 Ex. weather

2. Significance- event that impacts a number of people.

  Ex. the war.

3. Prominence- important people.

  Ex. Celeberities

4. Unusualness- things that dont usually happen.

  Ex. murders, fires, crashes.

5. Proximity- care about the news thats close to you.

  Ex. weather in Germany.

6. Human interests- feel good stories.

  Ex. baby panda born at zoo







What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?

1.  broadcast journalism can be more current.



2.  print you can choose what subject you read.



3.  more details in print.





How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?

combines the strongest points for braodcast and print journalism to come together.