Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Newsworthy current events that can be reported through newspaper, internet, radio, television, and magazines.



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Significance; events that impact a larger amount of people; Haiti, Elections, etc.

2. Timeliness; current events, things that are going on now; traffic and weather

3. Unusualness; care about things that are out of the ordinary; fires, murders, earthquakes, etc.

4. Proximity; news related to our location; Vikings highlights

5. Prominence; important people we care about (celebrities); magazines, TMZ

6. Human Interest; interesting or feel good stories; Tyler's story




What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. You control when it's convienent for you; you can choose what you read, and when.

2. You can take it with you.

3. Much more content and detail


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?

1. Video and sound, experience it first hand

2. Timely, immediate updates and instant coverage

3. Quickly highlights the most important things


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
It combines the strengths of both broadcast and print journalism into one place, it is very accessable, you can control what and when you want to read. People have ultimate control over their news experience.