WHAT IS NEWS?

News Judgment

Does it-

Important Elements of News

TIMELINESS

PROXIMITY

PROMINENCE

HUMAN INTEREST

CONFLICT

How is a Newspaper organized?

• A newspaper is organized into sections.

Sections• A section may have one or

more articles and columns.–Articles- report on an

event–Columns- weekly opinion

and information articles with one author

Good Taste

Simultaneous Rebuttal• IF YOU MUST PRINT

WITH AN AIR OF CRITISISM, ALLOW THE PERSON BEING CRITISIZED TO RESPOND IN THE SAME PIECE.

Fairness to All

Plagiarism

• DO NOT CLAIM THE WORK OF OTHERS AS YOUR OWN.

Attribution

• IDENTIFY WHERE THE INFORMATION CAME FROM.

The Truth