Tuesday, February 22, 2011

1. Find a ____Topic________.
-What is your story about?
-Who is your audience?
-Why is your story important to your audience?
2. Find an __Angle_________.
- What about your topic?
- More specifically , what is important about your topic?
- What should the reader learn?
- Summarize in 3 words: Subject, verb, object
3. Collect ___Information_________.
- who are the experts for this story?
- do you need oppising points of view?
- What interview questions should I ask?
- What other research must be done to complete the story?
4. Conduct the ___Interview_____________.
- Ask open ended question
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5. Shoot your reporter _______________ _________.
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6. Organize your _______________.
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7. Write ______________ in your story.
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8. Write the ________________ and __________________ of your story.
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9. Write the anchor ______________ and ________________ (if necessary).
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10. Collect ___________ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Religion, Speech, Press, Peaceful Assembly, Petition

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
Student speech cannot be censored as long as it materially disrupt class work or involve substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others.

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
School officials can censor student speech that is indecent or vulgar even if it does not cause material or substantial disruption because school officials have interest on teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
Censorship of school sponsored student expression is permissable when school officials can show that it is reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
Can be suspended for humor if goes against school teachings at school authorized events

6. What is the definition of libel?
legal terms for false statements of fact about a person that are printed, broadcast, spoken or otherwise communicated with others and hurts someones reputation.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

broadcast journalism

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
current events that are newsworthy through tv, radio or internet.



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 significance- impacts many people and is important, 9/11

2. unusualness- care about things out of the ordinary, crime

3. prominence- event about famous people that ordinary people care about

4. timeliness- time when event occurs

5. proximity- care about news close to us.

6. human interest- things that are uplifting
What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. broadcast is much more current

2. print lets you choose what to read

3. print goes into much more detail, less concerned about time.


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
takes best of both print and broadcast. up to date, video and info