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What are the Elements of News?
·Timeliness- is the story relevant in time?
·Proximity- refers to the nearness of the event
- ·Prominence- Newsworthiness of the individual
- group
·Consequence- Importance of the event, now what?
·Human interest- getting readers to feel emotion
·Conflict- Tension, surprise, suspense
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What is a lead?
A lead is the most important paragraph in the story, it’s the 1st paragraph, and it has the who, what, where, when, why, and maybe how in it.
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What's the difference between a photo and a photo illustration?
·Photo is taken with a camera at the time of action. It represents and shows people doing what they would be doing if there were not journalist around
·A photo illustration is also taken with a camera but is posed to create a certain visual
·Use journalist instinct to know when to use each
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What's the difference between libel and slander?
Slander = spoken, libel = written
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How many picas per inch?
6
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Who was Nelly Bly?
A journalist who pretended to be mentally ill to get information on asslyums and institutions. Yellow Journalism.
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What was the penny press?
Papers for a penny.
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What was the significance of the penny press?
People didn't need a subscription, meaning they could get them anywhere, so the factory workers could buy them. Also, news to more people.
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Define Yellow Journalism:
- ~scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news
- ~lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings
- ~use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudo-science, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts
- ~emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips (which is now normal in the U.S.)
- ~dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.
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What is the AP formula?
o The news
o Attribution
o Verb
o Subject
o Time element
o If the story is about a fire the first word should be fire
o Leads
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What does "using the inverted pyramid mean?"
- To write all the really important stuff at the top of the article.
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