COM CO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alternative Facts, Psy, Soft Media
1 May 2018
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Journalism: News gathering
Finding and reporting the truth !
Today’ll cover
-Define News
-Define newsworthiness
-attribute of a news story
-out method
-getting ideas
-news article structures
-scoops and mistakes
I. News is
A. Relevant, timely, verified information (facts) presented in context
1. there’re no alternative facts == the truth
a) e.g. Bill Clinton
2. truth: accurate complete information allows people to make
informed decisions.
a) e.g. nutrition facts
(1) the Jungle: changed the way the government labeled food.
b) Think child labor laws a good things?
II. News worthiness
A. Timeliness
B. Relevance/ Impact
C. Proximity/ Local:
1. e.g. California people dont care daily life in Boston
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D. Conflict/ Controversy
E. Prominence
F. Helpful
1. e.g. storm is coming, wondering shelter
G. Unusual
H. Trend
1. e.g. Gangmam style (Psy)
I. Human interest
1. when people do interesting
III. Attributes of a news story:
A. Facts — verified information (never writer’s opinion)
B. Context — circumstances around the news
C. Journalistic standards — follows ethics code, best practices
D. structure — facts presented in a logical order (hard news and soft news,
features )
E. Three sources (typically) — documents, people (never the writer)
1. sources must be attributed reliable ,disparate
2. why three sources typically — profile, sometimes have only one
source
3. e.g. write President Trump but only give the viewpoints// two points — from the
reader’s perspective, binary choice. Third point of view, expert voice, researcher,
outside the political sphere. Triangle is the strongest structure.
4. number three: people who are professional.
IV. Balanced reporting uses disparate sources
A. people who are AFFECTED by the problem
B. People who have CONTROL over the problem
C. people who have KNOWLEDGE about the problem
V. Methods for reporting the news
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Document Summary
Scoops and mistakes: news is, relevant, timely, veri ed information (facts) presented in context. 1. there"re no alternative facts == the truth: e. g. bill clinton. News worthiness: timeliness, relevance/ impact, proximity/ local, e. g. california people dont care daily life in boston. 2018/3/1: con ict/ controversy, prominence, helpful, e. g. storm is coming, wondering shelter, unusual, trend, e. g. gangmam style (psy, human interest, when people do interesting. Third point of view, expert voice, researcher, outside the political sphere. Triangle is the strongest structure: number three: people who are professional. Balanced reporting uses disparate sources: people who are affected by the problem, people who have control over the problem, people who have knowledge about the problem, methods for reporting the news. News article structures: hard news, vital facts, delivered quickly, a) shooting scene on twitter. [relevent, focus on people rst: human aspect] (2) [always report on people first: dispassionate tone, inverted pyramid structure.
