E XPLORING J OURNALISM AND THE M EDIA © 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning Chapter 4 Slide 1...

EXPLORING JOURNALISM AND THE MEDIA© 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning

Chapter 4Slide 1

ReportingReporting

4.14.1 What Is News?

4.24.2 How to Generate Story Ideas

4.34.3 Get Started With Research

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What Is News?What Is News?

Identify the elements of a news story and the difference between hard and soft news stories.

Understand the difference between breaking and enterprise news stories.

4.1

GOALS


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What Is News?What Is News?

hard newssoft newsenterprise reportingbreaking news

4.1

KEY TERMS


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Elements and Types of News StoriesElements and Types of News Stories

Elements of a news storyHard news and soft news


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CheckpointCheckpoint

What are the elements of a news story?

ANSWERElements of a news story include the

following: has impact, is unexpected, involves conflict and someone prominent, and has proximity, or a local tie.


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Breaking and Enterprise NewsBreaking and Enterprise News

Breaking newsEnterprise reporting


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What is the difference between a breaking news story and an enterprise story?

ANSWERA breaking news story is one that has

immediacy, with reporters going to the scene; enterprise is non-breaking news that covers investigative reporting and other types of stories.


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How to Generate Story IdeasHow to Generate Story Ideas

Explain how a beat reporter generates story ideas.

Discuss how to generate ideas from experience and trend spotting.

4.2

GOALS


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How to Generate Story IdeasHow to Generate Story Ideas

profilepitching tipping point

4.2

KEY TERMS


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Beat IdeasBeat Ideas

Making contactProfiling people


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How does a beat reporter generate story ideas?

ANSWERA beat reporter generates story ideas

from the beat, the agendas of governing bodies and his or her own life experiences.


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Ideas From Experience and Trend Ideas From Experience and Trend SpottingSpotting

Stories from experienceStories from trend spotting


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Name two ways journalists generate ideas for stories, and explain how these ideas are further developed.

ANSWERJournalists generate ideas from experiences

they have and trends they notice. These ideas are further developed in brainstorming sessions with editors and other journalists.


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Get Started With ResearchGet Started With Research

Explain how to use the Internet to begin reporting.

Recognize how foot and phone work contribute to research.

4.3

GOALS


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Get Started With ResearchGet Started With Research

jargon interview

4.3

KEY TERMS


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The InternetThe Internet

“Official” Web sitesBasic informationStory ideas

Journalist pursue their own ideas


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Why is the Internet a good preliminary resource for reporters?

ANSWERUsing official Web sites and the reporting of reputable

news organizations available on the Internet saves reporters time.

Reporters don’t have to make phone calls to sources for fact-finding purposes. Internet research helps reporters get better prepared for interviews to learn more.


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Foot and Phone WorkFoot and Phone Work

Here are steps to help you get started:

1. Identify your sources of information for the story.

2. Contact your sources.

3. Meet with your sources.


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Why is foot and phone work important to reporters?

ANSWERSeeing people in person or talking to them on

the phone is important in bringing a story to life.It also make the job infinitely more interesting

and gives reporters more multimedia exposure.

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