- Broadcast Journalism is the reporting of current events that are newsworthy through television, radio, and internet. It's a way of mass communication linked through the three ways of broadcasting.
List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Significance - Event that impacts a lot of people. More effects, more people involved. (i.e. 9/11)
2. Unusualness - Things that re-occur very often. (i.e. Elections)
3. Proximity - If the event effects you in your area. (i.e. Tsunami in Asia)
4. Prominence - When we care about celebrities (i.e. Brittany shaving her head)
5. Timeliness - We care about how recent the news is. (i.e. Weather/Sports)
6. Human Interest - Feel-good story. (i.e. New baby born)
What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. Broadcast Journalism is much quicker/current than printing press.
2. Print Journalism allows you to read what part of the news you want.
3. Print Journalism is more in depth whereas Broadcast is constrained by time.
How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
- The internet links everyone who has it through a long line of servers. It can send information from one computer to many computers around the world and can help us communicate together. The internet combines both Print and Broadcast Journalism. You can read the news or watch it and is current/updated frequently.
