LECTURE 5

Question 1

WHAT ARE NEWSPAPERS?

Answer 1

a collection of printed pages folded together

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF NEWSPAPERS?

Answer 2

• daily
• weekly
• national
• special audience

Question 3

WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF NEWSPAPERS?

Answer 3

• poor production
• short life span
• lack of selectivity
• clutter

Question 4

WHAT IS NEWS?

Answer 4

• a report of recent events
• a material reported in a newspaper, a news periodical or a newscast
• a matter that is newsworthy

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF STORIS?

Answer 5

(1) SOFT NEWS: a news story that can wait for publication and is usually about a trend, an on-going event or about an interesting person
(2) FEATURES: an in-depth magazine length story
(3) PERSONALITY FEATURES: a story that explores a person in the news or an interesting but no-so-prominent person
(4) BACKGROUNDER: a story providing additional information on a news event

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE COMMON NEWS VALUES?

Answer 6

(1) immediacy
(2) significance
(3) proximity or nearness
(4) prominence
(5) human interest
(6) negativity
(7) conflict
(8) oddity
(9) humor

Question 7

WHAT ARE THE NEWS QUALITITIES?

Answer 7

(1) accuracy
(2) clarity
(3) objectivity
(4) balance and fairness
(5) attribution
(6) style