9-13-10 What is Broadcast Journalism?

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
- Current events that are news worthy through television, internet, and radio. Some sort of value to the public.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

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1. Significance (How important the event is) Ex: Katrina, Fires..etc


2. Unusualness (Something thats out of the ordinary) Ex: "Man bites dog"


3. Timeliness (Something current) Ex: Current traffic


4. Prominance (News about celebrities and people we care about) Ex: Lindsey Lohan goes to jail


5. Proximaty (News thats close to us) Ex: Eagan flood


6. Human Interest (A feel good story) Ex: Baby panda, Husband sacrifices life for pregnant women

What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?


1. Broadcast Journalism has the ability to be more current.


2. Print Journalism you have the ability to chose whatever you want to read. You can put more detail in Print Journalism.
3. But with Broadcast Journalism they can show you pictures and sounds.


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
Broadcast Journalism is great because its right here on the internet and its right at your fingertips. Its good that its on the internet because everyone can read it and its always live.