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Definition:
Define “Journalism”
news papers, internet, radio, TV. Current events that apply to and inform people.


Six criteria of newsworthiness:
listed and described
1. significance: important events that impact a wide range of people

2. timelyness: things that apply during the current time

3. unusual: things that don't happen every day(ie:fires, murders, robberies, earthquakes)

4. proximity: care about news close to home

5. Prominence: celebrity news

6. Human interest: touching, emotional


What are the advantages of print journalism?

1. Tangible: in your hands, portable

2. Choose the order

3. More detail


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?

1. Visual and sound (different senses)

2. More current (live)

3. Vague, gets to the point


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?

-Quicker, has both strengths, doesn't have tv quality, can't hold in hands