CHAPTER 4 Flashcards
Refers to getting the news. It may include the actual witnessing of the event, interview, printed material or combination of the three.
Coverage
Involves explaining the news, filling the background, forecasting and sometimes passing moral judgement.
Interpretation
Is the assigning of value to the news
Play
Scope or Origin
- Local News
- Foreign News
- Dateline News
Chronology or Sequence
- Advanced or Anticipated
- Spot News
- Coverage News
- Follow-up News
Treatment
- Fact Story
- Action Story
- Speech or Quote Story
- Human Interest Story
- Interpretive Story
Content
- Routine Story
- Police Report
- Science News
- Developing Communication
- Sports News
Structure
- Straight News
- News Feature
News Feature
a. Single-Feature Structure
b. Several-Feature/Composite Structure
Advanced News
Investigative, Interpretative, Depth News
Minor Forms
- Newsbrief
- News bulletin
- News-featurette
- Sidebar
- Flash
- Classroom Story
- Meeting Story
- Speech Story
- Box Story
- Personal News
Sources of News
- Beats
- Printed Materials
- Tips from teacher and students
- Publicity and press releases
- Future book or dope book
- An alert corps of reporters
News published before its occurrence, sometimes called dope or prognostication.
Advanced or Anticipated
News that is gathered and reported on the spot.
Spot News
News written from a given beat or assignment.
Coverage News