News notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

Delivering current events that are newsworthly through television, radio, and internet.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1. Significance- the amount of impact it has. (September 11th)


2. Unusualness- Something that people dont expect, something thats out of the ordinary. (Man bites dog)


3. Timeliness- What is happening currently. (Current traffic)


4. Prominence- News about Celebrities and people we care about. (Lindsey Lohan goes to jail)


5. Proximity- News that is close to us. (Eagans flood)


6. Human interest- A feel good story (A panda being born)


What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. Broadcast journalism can be easily be edited to make it more current. It also allows you to present news live.


2. Print journalism allows the news to be in more detail.


3. Print journalism allows you to choose what you want to read, where in broadcast journalism the news is picked for you and you cant skip over something that you dont want to listen to.

4. Broadcast is a lot more visual than print.

How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
You have all of the strengths of both broadcast journalism and print journalism in one. Its right at your fingertips, and you can choose what you want to read. The internet is basically ruining the newspaper though because people arent buying news papers as much as they used to.