Week 2
Week 4Monday 8.27.12You will have the first 5 minutes of class
to review your notes.
Separate sheet of paper.Header, label Rights and
ResponsibilitiesNumber 1-25 in a straight column down the left hand
side of your paper.Tuesday 8.28.12Please pick up a Journalism book
from the back of the room. In your notebook; title a new page What
is News?
Underneath, copy down and define Chapter 3s vocabulary.
Chapter VocabularyNews
JudgmentTimelinessProximityProminenceConsequenceHuman-interestConflict
Example ArticleLets look through the newspaper and try and find
an example of an article that has the news
elementTimelinessProximityProminenceConsequenceHuman-interestConflict
Wednesday 8.30.12What is News?
A report of a current event in a newspaper, on the radio, TV,
internet or even word of mouth.NOWsNews of the Week
These will be due once a week when I collect Notebooks.
We usually receive the Sunday paper on Wednesday and you will
get Wednesdays in class to work on them.
However, they are assigned every Monday and due every
Friday.Sources of NewsNewspapersTVMagazineInternet
BillboardRadioWord of MouthTelephoneTexting EmailBlogsBooksThursday
9.1.11Where do you get most of your news? What source of news is
most accurate?Which of these is most entertaining?Why do people
provide the news?Why are people interested in getting news? Who
controls the news?What is in a Newspaper?AdvertisingEditorial
ContentPaidClassifiedDisplay Ads60% of the paper Ads get put in
first!Controlled by the EditorWritten by Reporters40% of the
paperArticles fill up the rest of the paper (News Hole)Three
Different Types of StoriesHard NewsWorldStateCityLocal
BusinessEvents & IssuesWeather & constructionDeath
noticesFACT
Soft NewsSportsEntertainmentFoodTravelCelebrity GossipEditorials
(opinions)Obituary
FeaturesType of softPersonality ProfileSyndicated
ColumnsComicsInverted PyramidIn daily newspapers, stories are
usually written in inverted pyramid style.
Most important information
Least important informationThe Cut Test:
Editors used to chop off a story from the bottom up to fill the
space in a column. Now, most are continued to another page or
linked to a website. Friday 9.2.11Take out your What is News?
handout.
Read the column titled What Makes a Story Interesting to
Readers?
A new Element of News is introduced and a couple have different
names. Identify the new Element, label the different names with the
ones we are learning.NOWsYou will have the rest of the hour to
gather up articles from the newspaper for your NOWs.
