News Notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

- Delevering or sharing current events that are news worthy via television, radio or the internet
List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1 timeliness- to care about things that just happened. ex: traffic and weather.

2. significance - an event that effects a large number of people. ex: oil spill and plane crash.

3. prominence - caring about important people. ex: celebrities.

4. unusualness - things that are unusual and dont happen alot that are newsworthy. ex: man bites dog.

5. proximity - care about things that are close to us. ex: police reports close and sports scores.

6. human interst - feel good story. with something good that happens in the world. ex: baby animal at the zoo.

What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?

1. Broadcast is way more current and can give live feed.

2. In print the reader has the ability of what they want to read.

3. Print can give you much more details on a story.

4. Broadcast allows you to use audio and video to be more descriptive and visual.

How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
 It allows the 'best of both worlds' by having all the good things about print and broadcast journalism.