Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

Broadcast Journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters.

List and describe the five criteria of newsworthiness.
 news criteria, determine how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet, and the attention it is given by the audience. A. Boyd states that: News journalism has a broadly agreed set of values, often referred to as 'newsworthiness' News values are not universal and can vary widely between different cultures. In Western practice, decisions on the selection and prioritization of news are made by editors on the basis of their experience and intuition.


TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Timeliness- Immediate, recently occurred

2. Proximity- Local information and events are newsworthy, community and region, & close to home

3. Conflict & Controversy-

4. Human Intrest- People are intrested in other people

5. Relevance- People are attracted to information that helps them make good decisions. Cooking, find recipes relevant, looking for a job, & relevant information

What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?1. Print journalism edits the writing more so than broadcasting

2.print journalism used an inverted pyramid structure. Broadcast journalism has the same concept as print where the most important information is placed at the top of the story.

3.Broadcast and print media also differ in how much an audience remembers the information that is placed before them

How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
According to Pew, the Internet has made the greatest inroads among younger and better-educated people. More college graduates under the age of fifty connect to the Internet every day than regularly watch one of the network news broadcasts. The digital tide is having less of a direct negative impact on radio and print outlets. The Pew survey finds no evidence that Internet use is driving down regular reading of daily newspapers or listening to radio news. However, all news outlets are being affected by the public's slowly declining appetite for news.