Friday, February 13, 2009

What is News Notes

Definition:Current events that are news worthy that are published or broadcasted to an audience.

List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1. Timeliness
2. Proximity (how close you are to it)
3. Significance - Events
4. Prominence - People
5. Unusualness
6. Human Interest

What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. You have a lot more control on what you are going to read
2. Much easier to keep, much more tangible
3. More details and much more information

What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?
1. Better connection with the audience
2. More current news, get it faster when it is broadcasted
3. Much easier to change wrong information

Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
The reason it has become so popular is because you can get both print and broadcast journalism on the web and is very convenient. It is free and it also is the very current news.

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