tailieunhanh - Lecture Dynamics of mass communication (9th edition): Chapter 12 - Joseph R. Dominick

Chapter 12 - News gathering and reporting. This chapter includes contents: Deciding what is news, news reporting in the digital age, categories of news and reporting, the news flow, the wire services, media differences in news coverage, readership and viewership. | THE DYNAMICS OF MASS COMMUNCATION Joseph R. Dominick University of Georgia--Athens Specific Media Professions Chapter 12 News Gathering and Reporting Deciding What Is News Categories of News and Reporting The News Flow Technology The Wire Services Media Differences in News Coverage Readership and Viewership News Online News Gathering and Reporting Chapter Outline Five elements of newsworthy events Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human interest Deciding What Is News Economic factors also determine coverage Cost of covering stories Fit within the organization’s look Conflicts of interest Deciding What Is News Three categories of news Hard news Who, What, Where, When, How Public events Significance for large numbers of people Print media Inverted pyramid form Hard lead Broadcast media Square format Hard or soft lead Categories of News and Reporting Soft news, or feature news Interests the audience Informs, entertains, instructs, inspires Uses most formats except inverted pyramid E! People 60 Minutes Categories of News and Reporting Categories of News and Reporting Investigative reports unearth significant information about matters of public importance through the use of time-intensive, non-routine news-gathering methods. Print Media Sources of news – staff reporting and wire services The News Flow General-assignment reporter City editor Copy desk Managing editors The Flow Broadcast Media News sources– wire service, news services, and reporters The News Flow Tape editor Newscast The Flow Assignment editor News producer Field reporter and camera crew Newswriters and production assistants News anchor Advances have changed mobile live news coverage significantly Small, lightweight digital video cameras Satellite dish-equipped vans or trucks Laptop computer video editing Videophones stream audio and video over a satellite phone connection Technology Provide newspapers with external coverage Primary . wire services Associated Press (AP) United Press . | THE DYNAMICS OF MASS COMMUNCATION Joseph R. Dominick University of Georgia--Athens Specific Media Professions Chapter 12 News Gathering and Reporting Deciding What Is News Categories of News and Reporting The News Flow Technology The Wire Services Media Differences in News Coverage Readership and Viewership News Online News Gathering and Reporting Chapter Outline Five elements of newsworthy events Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human interest Deciding What Is News Economic factors also determine coverage Cost of covering stories Fit within the organization’s look Conflicts of interest Deciding What Is News Three categories of news Hard news Who, What, Where, When, How Public events Significance for large numbers of people Print media Inverted pyramid form Hard lead Broadcast media Square format Hard or soft lead Categories of News and Reporting Soft news, or feature news Interests the audience Informs, entertains, instructs, inspires Uses most formats except inverted .