Monday, September 12, 2011

9/12/11 What is Broadcast Journalism?

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
   Reporting of current events that are news worthy through television, radio, and/or the internet.

List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1) Significance- events that impact a large amount of people (hurricane, elections)
2) Unusualness- out of the ordinary (economy in recession)
3) Proximity- events that are close to us (geography)
4) Prominence- people (celebrities)
5) Timeliness- events that are current (weather)
6) Human Interest- feel good story (new animal born at the zoo, someone saved someone's life)



What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. Broadcast journalism is much more current (have ability to shoot live)

2. Print journalism allows you to go to the section you want to. Broadcast journalism you have to sit through    the whole show to get the section you want.

3. Print journalism is much more in depth


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
     Is the best of print and broadcast journalism.  

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