Unit 2 - Lesson 1 Flashcards
It is an oral or written report of a past, present, or future event. It should be factual, truthful, accurate, unbiased, and interesting.
News
This may involve physical or mental confilct
conflict
Emphasizes the newest angle of the story
Immediacy or timeliness
Refers to geographical nearness as well as to the nearness of kinship or interest
Proximity or nearness
May involve prominent subjects by reasons of wealth, social position, or achievements
Prominence
Whatever is significant to the life of an individual is interesting to him
significance
Important names make important news
Names
Adds color to the story - The more dramatic the actions are, the more appealing the story is to the reader.
Drama
Refers to strange or unnatural events, objects, persons, and places
Oddity and unusualness
The romance of prominent people makes good news
Romance and adventure
Usually related to stories of romance, marriage, and divorce. This element is also involved when a woman is elected president of a country or when a woman robs a bank in daylight
Sex
The onward and forward march of civilization or the progress of a country
Progress
Stories of animals, especially those with talents are good reading matter
Animals
Sweepstakes numbers, vital statistics, election results, scores in games, casualties, price of goods, ages.
Number
Includes various human responses and natural feelings
Emotion
The types of news are categorized by what?
- Scope of Origin
- Chronology or Sequence
- Structure
- Treatment
- Content
Report of events that take place within the immediate locality
Local news
News that takes place within the country
National news
News that takes place outside the country
Foreign news
News preceded by the date and place of origin or place where it was written or filed: Tokyo, Jan. 20 (AP)
Dateline news
News published before its occurrence, sometimes called dope or prognostication. The reporter foretells events expected to occur at a definite time in the future
Advance or anticipated
News that are gathered and reported on the spot. It deals with unscheduled information demanding immediate publication. The reporter himself is an eyewitness to the event that took place.
Spot news
News written from a given beat. Both sport news and coverage news are good examples of first-hand reporting
Coverage news
It is a sequel to a previous story. Having a new lead of its own, it is a second, third, or subsequent chapter of a serial.
Follow-up news
This is a plain exposition setting forth a single situation or a series of closely related facts that inform. It is written in the inverted pyramid design
Fact story
A narrative of actions involving not mere simple facts, but also dramatic events, description of persons and events, testimony of witnesses, and explanatory data.
Action story
A news story written from a public address, talks, and speeches
Speech report
Speeches, statements, and letters, and to some extent, interviews when reported, are regarded as what?
Quote story
A news report written from an interview
Interview story
Celebrations, enrollment, graduation, election stories reported year in and year out
Routine story
Accident, fire, calamity, crime stories, kidnapping, terrorism, murder, and robbery
Police reports
A short item of news interest, written like a brief telegraphic message, giving mainly the result with details
News brief
It is similar to the lead of a straight news story. Its aim is just to give the gist of the news
News bulletin
A short news feature usually used as fillers
News featurette
A bulletin that conveys the first word of an event
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