News Notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Broadcast Journalism
Journalism-Current events that are newsworthy.
Broadcast-Delivering or sharing

Sharing or delivering current events that are newsworthy, via radio, television or the internet.



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 Timeliness- People care about things that are happening now. EX: Weather, traffic, big news stories.

2. Significance- An event that impacts a number of people. EX: Oil Spill

3. Prominence- We care about important, "famous" people. EX: Britney shaving head, President Obama buying dog

4. Unusualness- Things that are unusual are newsworthy.


5.Proximity: We care about things that are close to us. EX: Weather, sports, traffic


6. Human Interest- Feel good news stories, might not be necessarily news worthy, but it warms the heart. Fun to watch. EX: Baby animal at the zoo, some one dying on accicent.




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. The ability to broadcast live:Up to date, current

2. Reader has the ability to pick and choose with print

3. Much more details in print story

4.Broadcast Journalism allows you to be much more descriptive with pictures and audio, rather than words.

How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
It's instantaneous, it combines the strongest points of both types of journalism and puts them into one, easily accessible way to recieve news.