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- 1. What is news? FALL 2018
- 2. What is news? ï” News is current information. Itâs a report of a recent happening. ï” News is information that journalists believe is important or interesting for their audiences. ï” When information becomes news depends on a number of different factors, such as: ï”Who is making the determination? ï”Who is the intended audience? ï”What type of media is going to report the news?
- 3. News Judgment The ability to evaluate the importance of a news story, decide what content and elements belong in a report, and how the report should be constructed. You have to determine which stories have the highest importance for your audience.
- 4. Determining what is ânewsâ and what is ânot newsâ is a function of⊠NEWS VALUES There are SEVEN on which weâll focus in this course
- 5. âą Financial (Taxes, Gas Prices) âą Physical (Flu, Ebola, Zika) âą Emotional (Acts of terrorism, school shooting) âą Weather Events that change peopleâs lives are classified as news. 1. IMPACT (Relevance, Significance)
- 6. 2. TIMELINESS (IMMEDIACY) News is whatâs happening now, what just happened or what may happen. *What has already happened (historical and background information) is mentioned briefly in stories to provide perspective and explain âwhyâ.
- 7. 2. TIMELINESS (IMMEDIACY) You have been sent to cover a large fire at the main post office in the late afternoon (4:00 p.m.). What will you report at 5:00 p.m.? Fire at post office, authorities on the scene, injury report, damage estimate What will you report at 10:00 p.m.? Story focus = update on blaze (how long to get under control), damages, how are the injured?, speculation of cause from authorities What will the story focus be tomorrow?
- 8. 3. PROXIMITY People identify with news that happens close to them. âIf we know a place where something goes on, we are more likely to have a feeling for it and for the people involved.â â James Stovall, âJournalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How"
- 9. 3. PROXIMITY People identify with news that happens close to them. âIf we know a place where something goes on, we are more likely to have a feeling for it and for the people involved.â â James Stovall, âJournalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How"
- 11. 4. CONFLICT (Drama, Competition) News is whatever happens between two opposing forces. It can be between individuals or groups.
- 12. 5. PROMINENCE When a famous person does something â or something happens to a famous place â it can be news.
- 13. 5. PROMINENCE
- 14. 6. CURRENCY In todayâs world of social media, we may ask, âIs it trending?â
- 15. 7. HUMAN INTEREST Ultimately, news is anything in which people are interested. This can include stories that are unusual or bizarre.
- 16. 7. HUMAN INTEREST Ultimately, news is anything in which people are interested. This can include stories that are unusual or bizarre.
- 17. Is it news? Steven McBride is a 20-years-old from Tuscaloosa. Half of his short life has been spent in prisons, youth detention centers and other institutions. Three months ago, McBride was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his parents. Your station covered the trial and has already reported on this. Steven McBride is coming out today...a free man. New evidence has surfaced which clearly shows that McBride did not commit the murders, and that the killer is still on the loose and has already struck again. Police believe the killer is still in our town.
- 18. YOUR TURN READ THE FIVE NEWS ITEMS ON YOUR HANDOUT â DETERMINE WHICH of THE SEVEN NEWS VALUES IS BEST EXEMPLIFIED IN THE STORY (Impact, Prominence, Timeliness, Proximity, Conflict, Currency, Human Interest) Note: Some stories may reflect more than one news value
Editor's Notes
- How many of you are thinking about pursuing a career in news? Ok. How many of you are more interested in sports? You are going to hear me say the word news, but please understand that sports is a subset of news. If you can learn to be a good journalist, it doesnât matter if you are covering a news story or if you are reporting on a game, the skills that you need to be good at both of those are the same. So, for those of you interested in sports, I challenge you to take what your teachers say about news and find a way to apply it to sports. It will make you a better sports journalist.
- How many of you have already had or are taking JCM 303 this semester? As we talk about the Introduction to Electronic News, Dr. Daniels, the other lab instructors and I are going to build off what you learned in JCM 303 about what news is. A simple definition of news is, itâs current information. Itâs a report of a recent happening. Now that can be anything. If I told you that just before I came to class this morning I posted some photos of my kids on Facebook. Thatâs information, but can we call it news? No. News is not just information. There is a lot of information around us; some of it is news. Most of it is not. Who decides? Journalists decide. News is information that journalists believe is important or interesting for their audiences. When does information become news? Well that depends on a number of different factors, such as: Who is making the determination? Who is the intended audience? What type of media is going to report the news? But thereâs still a lot of news out there, and we donât have the time or resources to cover it all, so how do we decide what news is the most important and needs to be covered?
- We have to hone our news judgement. News judgment is the ability to evaluate the importance of a news story, decide what content and elements belong in a report, and how the report should be constructed. You have to have good news judgment to determine which stories have the highest importance for your audience. This semester you are going to have the opportunity to really work on your news judgment with the input of your lab instructors.
- How do we separate events into the categories of âNEWSâ and âNOT NEWSâ? When weâre trying to decide on the stories we will cover for our evening newscast, how do we decide â that story is news and that story is not news? And of the stories that we decide are NEWS, how do we determine the ones that are more important than the others? We do it by using NEWS VALUES. News values are concepts that help us decide what our audience is interested in or should be interested in. The best stories have several of these news values.
- The first News Value is: IMPACT. You can also think of this as: Is it relevant? Is it significant? Is this an event that changed, is changing or will change peopleâs lives? New is what affects us in some way, whether financially, physically, emotionally or in some other way that has a direct bearing on peopleâs lives. Look at these examples of stories that have impact on peopleâs lives. How many of you have a job and pay taxes? How many of you have parents that pay taxes? The Congress passing tax reform is going to have an impact on your life. Who is from a state on the Eastern seaboard or the northeast? Did you get impacted by the âbomb cycloneâ? Millions of people did. Would that have been news if it had hit in the middle of northern Canada? Flu. Itâs always a big story this time of year, because it impacts so many people If youâve got a story that impacts a lot of people, then you have news.
- The seconds News Value is: TIMELINESS This can also be called immediacy or recency. When did the story happen? News is whatâs happening now, what just happened or what may happen. We call it NEWS for a reason. Itâs new information â not OLD information. People donât normally pick up yesterdayâs newspaper to find out whatâs happening. How many people do you know record the news from last night so they can watch it today? NO ONE DOES THAT. When people want to know the news, they want to know the latest news, not what happened in the past. Sometimes you have to include background information or information from the past to explain a story â but every story that you think about should have some new information that you can report today. This is the same with sports. No one is going to get on television tonight and say, âAlabama won their 15th National Championship in 2012.â
- Letâs look at an example Itâs 4:00 on a regular Wednesday afternoon when you suddenly hear over the fire departmentâs radio the main post office in your town is on fire. The assignment manager in your newsroom points at you and says, âGet out there NOW!â and you immediately run out of the building and head toward the post office. Once you get there you see a scene like this. Flames are shooting out of the building, firefighters are running in and out, and in addition to all of the firetrucks you see several ambulances. You call the station to give them an update and the producer of the 5:00 newscast says you are going to do a live report at the beginning of the newscast. What will your story focus be? What NEW information can you tell your audience? EVERYTHING IS NEW. STORY FOCUS The 10 p.m. producer calls you after the 5:00 show and tells you that they want a report for their show. What will your story focus be for the 10 p.m. newscast? What NEW information do you think you can report at 10? STORY FOCUS What will the story focus be tomorrow? What new information do you think you can tell your audienc?
- Another News Value is PROXIMITY. People care about things that happen near them. This is why itâs so important that while you are here at UA, that you make Tuscaloosa your home. You need to care about whatâs happening in this town while you live here. Look at this example from NBC 13âs website. New round of interstate construction starts Monday in Tuscaloosa. Thatâs news to us who live here in Tuscaloosa. It means that driving on the interstate around McFarland Boulevard is not going to be fun for the next couple of years. If you lived somewhere else, you probably wouldnât care about that story. But you care because itâs close to you and itâs going to impact you.
- Another News Value is PROXIMITY. People care about things that happen near them. This is why itâs so important that while you are here at UA, that you make Tuscaloosa your home. You need to care about whatâs happening in this town while you live here. Look at this example from NBC 13âs website. New round of interstate construction starts Monday in Tuscaloosa. Thatâs news to us who live here in Tuscaloosa. It means that driving on the interstate around McFarland Boulevard is not going to be fun for the next couple of years. If you lived somewhere else, you probably wouldnât care about that story. But you care because itâs close to you and itâs going to impact you.
- CONFLICT is another News Value. You can also think of this as drama or competition. News is whatever happens when people fight or have arguments. Who can name these two guys? What were they battling for? Who can name these two people? What were they battling for? Of course, the biggest battle isâŠ. We cover sports â yes, because itâs entertainment â but also because itâs competition. Thereâs something in us that wants to know who will win.
- Another News Value is Prominence News is what happens to famous people â celebrities, politicians, famous athletes. If you or I were to get in a fender bender today, itâs probably not going to make the news. However, if the Presidentâs limousine gets into a fender bender, itâs going to be breaking news. Who is this? Matt Lauer Who is this? Charlie Rose Who is this? Al Franken Then I had to throw this one in there. This is from People Magazineâs website â Pregnant Kate Middleton braves the cold in fur accessories for church with sister Pippa.
- Another News Value is Prominence News is what happens to famous people â celebrities, politicians, famous athletes. If you or I were to get in a fender bender today, itâs probably not going to make the news. However, if the Presidentâs limousine gets into a fender bender, itâs going to be breaking news. Who is this? Matt Lauer Who is this? Charlie Rose Who is this? Al Franken Then I had to throw this one in there. This is from People Magazineâs website â Pregnant Kate Middleton braves the cold in fur accessories for church with sister Pippa.
- Another News Value is currency. Is it something that is current? Is it something that people are talking about? In todayâs world of social media, we may ask, âIs it trending?â Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge from a few years ago? News outlets covered many stories about the Ice Bucket Challenge â from the latest celebrity who did it to this headline that was in Forbes Magazine. By the way, just recently it was in the news again. Hereâs one thatâs a little more current â The #MeToo Campaign. Hereâs a headline from just a few days ago. But, itâs not just whatâs trending on social media. Itâs not just about hashtags. It can also be about âseasonalâ stories. For example, we just celebrated the New Year, and that means a lot of people made New Yearâs resolutions, and that generated a lot of stories, like this one. Or this one.
- HUMAN INTEREST is also a News Value Ultimately, news is anything that people are interested in. If you look at a story and think that a majority of your audience would be interested in it, then you probably have a news story. This value also includes those stories that are unusual or bizarre. Itâs been said that when a dog bites a man, thatâs not news â but when a man bites a dog, it is news. Here are some examples from the Associated Press: Florida Man Calls 911 to report himself drunk driving 99 Year-old Mississippi woman shoots a deer Half-of-tom butter sculpture unveiled at Pennsylvania Farm Show Frosty Feelings: Browns Fans protest 0-16 season with parade
- HUMAN INTEREST is also a News Value Ultimately, news is anything that people are interested in. If you look at a story and think that a majority of your audience would be interested in it, then you probably have a news story. This value also includes those stories that are unusual or bizarre. Itâs been said that when a dog bites a man, thatâs not news â but when a man bites a dog, it is news. Here are some examples from the Associated Press: Florida Man Calls 911 to report himself drunk driving 99 Year-old Mississippi woman shoots a deer Half-of-tom butter sculpture unveiled at Pennsylvania Farm Show Frosty Feelings: Browns Fans protest 0-16 season with parade
- To truly be successful in JCM 331, you need to be watching local news, and reading local news. In a few weeks, youâre going to be doing news stories in your labs, and you need to know whatâs going on in Tuscaloosa. I encourage you to start watching local newscasts, reading the Tuscaloosa News and Crimson White, and looking at AL.com to read about whatâs happening in Tuscaloosa. As you do, think about these news values. As you look at a story, ask yourself, âWhat news values did that story demonstrate?â Your going to review these news values on Friday in lecture.