tailieunhanh - Lecture The dynamics of mass communication: Media in the digital age - Chapter 13

Chapter 13 - 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. | News Gathering and Reporting Chapter 13 © 2009, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER OUTLINE 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 DECIDING WHAT IS NEWS Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human Interest Economics NEWS REPORTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE The digital revolution has changed reporting. More Sources of News Internet increased number of news sources General news sites News aggregators Specialized news sites Blogs Represent another source of news Can have an agenda setting effect Can provide check on traditional media Provide additional outlet for reporters Make it possible for everyone to be a reporter Citizen Journalism Ordinary citizens become amateur reporters Facilitated by digital and cell phone video cameras, high speed Internet access Traditional media encourage citizen . | News Gathering and Reporting Chapter 13 © 2009, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER OUTLINE 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 DECIDING WHAT IS NEWS Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human Interest Economics NEWS REPORTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE The digital revolution has changed reporting. More Sources of News Internet increased number of news sources General news sites News aggregators Specialized news sites Blogs Represent another source of news Can have an agenda setting effect Can provide check on traditional media Provide additional outlet for reporters Make it possible for everyone to be a reporter Citizen Journalism Ordinary citizens become amateur reporters Facilitated by digital and cell phone video cameras, high speed Internet access Traditional media encourage citizen journalism News organizations no longer monopolize what’s reported and how Hyperlocal News Coverage of stories of interest to very small community Single ZIP code Interest group in defined area Most hyperlocal news appears on web sites Publishers hope will draw in people who don’t generally consume news The Converged Journalist Has skills of print journalist and video journalist Backpack journalists Mobile journalists (mojos) New Tools Internet allows reporters to access wide variety of information while at their desks Must learn how to use these tools Computer-assisted reporting CATEGORIES OF NEWS AND REPORTING News can be broken down into broad categories Hard News Traditional fact-oriented journalism Who, what, where, when, why, how Print media Inverted pyramid format Lead Broadcast media Square format Online media Varied writing styles Soft News Features Wide range of topics Human interest Inverted pyramid style More common on TV than radio Investigative .