There are essential elements that make up every good news story. News stories answer the: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? Most news readers are aware of these six questions and look for the answers early in the article. If an article is structured correctly, a reader should be able to find these answers right in […]
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News values: eleven judgements before publishing
Posted by: Savannah Norton | April 4, 2016 | No Comment |Big story reporting: assassination of John F. Kennedy
Posted by: mahamarzouk | April 4, 2016 | No Comment |On Nov. 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Around 68% of Americans learned about the assassination within 30 minutes. This estimate is mentioned by Mitchell Stephens in the chronology of his book A History of News. Stephens also emphasized that there was nonstop coverage by television of Lee Harvey Oswald […]
The main goal of the abolitionist movement was to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves and end racial discrimination and segregation. It didn’t become as intense until 1830. In the decade before that, religious movements arose, stressing the moral imperative to end sinful practices, like slavery. In 1831, William Garrison began publishing his famous newspaper, […]
Is it just me or does it seem as if majority of magazines sold today focus solely on the body, fashion and mindset of a woman? Whether it is the newest edition of Vogue, Elle, Harper’s, or the Cosmopolitan, they all seem to mainly focus on the female sex. It wasn’t until the creation of […]
Micheal Finkel, once famed editor for the New York Times Magazine, was given the pink slip after “lying in print” in an article entitled “Is Youssouf Malé a Slave?”. Michael Finkel was known for bizarre stories, specifically stories from places considered to be outside the realm of traditional journalism. In reality, the truth had fallen outside of […]