Definition:
Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
-The telling of current events that are newsworthy through or via Internet, radio, television, magazines, and newspapers.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 Timeliness: The events that are happening now.

2. Significance: The more people are impacted by an event, the more significant it is

3. Unusualness:People like stories about the crazy and the out of place

4. Prominence: we care about important or famous people and what they do

5. Prozimity: We care about the things that are close to us

6. Human interest stories: Meant to make people happy and show somthing positive




What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. You have control of when to use print

2. More in depth in printing

3. Control of when you get to read it


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?

1. Video brings things much more to life

2. The ability to be live; much more updated

3. Much more accessible; you can access it anywhere at any time


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
Because it's the best of both worlds; you can get both the detail and depth of print journalism and the accessibility and availablity of broadcast journalism.