Bret and Haley report
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Bret and Haley report
HOW DO THE LAF ‘PEN DRIVERS/PAVEMENT PROWLERS’STACK UP?
What is news?
What is news?• No one agreed upon definition
What is news?• No one agreed upon definition• “I know it when I see it” Supreme Court Justice Potter
Stewart, 1964
What is news?• No one agreed upon definition• “I know it when I see it” Supreme Court Justice Potter
Stewart, 1964• In every newsroom and website, people are constantly
deciding what is news: “the ability to determine which stories are most interesting and important to readers.”
What is news: Inside Reporting
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune?
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune? NBC network news?
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune? NBC network news? The New York Times?
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune? NBC network news? The New York Times? New College radio station?
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune? NBC network news? The New York Times? New College radio station? Drudge Report?
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune? NBC network news? The New York Times? New College radio station? Drudge Report?
• What if the driver is of the car is Hillary Clinton?
So know your audience!• An elderly driver loses control of his Cadillac and plows
into the classroom at LAF. There are no injuries but the car is destroyed and class is cancelled for the day
• Will this be news for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune? NBC network news? The New York Times? New College radio station? Drudge Report?
• What if the driver is of the car is Hillary Clinton? What if the driver is a six-year old boy?
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy,
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity,
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence,
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, novelty,
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, novelty, conflict
What is news: Inside Reporting• It all depends on the outlet: contrast between daily
newspaper, student newspaper and community newspaper
• IR lays out seven items to consider: impact, immediacy, proximity, prominence, novelty, conflict and emotions
“If you don’t have the goods, nobody’s going to look. That’s never going to change.”
Journalism pros: part III
TTS v IR• Impact Impact• Conflict Conflict• Novelty Novelty• Prominence Prominence• Proximity Proximity • Timeliness Immediacy Emotions
I can never prepare pancakes in England
Two points to consider• News is not all ‘life and death’
Two points to consider• News is not all ‘life and death’• News is more than a collection of facts
“The University of Florida defeated Toledo University on Saturday by a score of 24-6 in a football game played in Gainesville.”
Let ‘er rip!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“The wind of change is blowing through this continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.”
Harold Macmillan
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification; independence
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification; independence; monitor of power
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise; make significant interesting
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise; make significant interesting; news is comprehensive and proportional
So too journalism• Project for Excellence in Journalism• Proposed nine elements of journalism• First obligation to the truth; first loyalty to citizens;
verification; independence; monitor of power; provide forum for criticism and compromise; make significant interesting; news is comprehensive and proportional; practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience
Which brings us to Accuracy, Fairness & Objectivity
Bob Woodward“the best obtainable version of the truth...”
Accuracy
Accuracy• Most important characteristic of any story
Accuracy• Most important characteristic of any story• Check every name, number, quote... every detail
Accuracy• Most important characteristic of any story• Check every name, number, quote... every detail• John Hopkins University = F/E
Accuracy• Most important characteristic of any story• Check every name, number, quote... every detail• John Hopkins University = F/E• You’ll never have all the facts, but the ones you have must
be accurate
Then, is it fair?
Then, is it fair?• You can be accurate but unfair. How?
Consider this lede• “Three teenagers died Tuesday night after eating at a
Sarasota area Taco Bell restaurant.”
Then, is it fair?• You can be accurate but unfair. How?• Get all sides of story
Then, is it fair?• You can be accurate but unfair. How?• Get all sides of story• Relate circumstances
Which brings us to objectivity
Which brings us to objectivity• Most mainstream journalists contend they strive for
objectivity... even at pubs such as Time, Newsweek, NY Times, Washington Post et. al
Which brings us to objectivity• Most mainstream journalists contend they strive for
objectivity... even at pubs such as Time, Newsweek, NY Times, Washington Post et. al
• Objective = provable
Which brings us to objectivity• Most mainstream journalists contend they strive for
objectivity... even at pubs such as Time, Newsweek, NY Times, Washington Post et. al
• Objective = provable• “Properly understood, objectivity provides the method
most likely to yield the best obtainable version of the truth.”
Assignments 9/10• IR pages 74-81
Assignments 9/10• IR pages 74-81• Your first interview! Find somebody – in your family, a
neighbor, a friend, in your church – who is a veteran of the U.S. military. You will interview them
Assignments 9/10• Take great notes: what service, where did they serve,
combat?, rank progression, what did they learn, would they do again, how did it change attitudes about country, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Assignments 9/10• Take great notes: what service, where did they serve,
combat?, rank progression, what did they learn, would they do again, how did it change attitudes about country, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
• Get some complete, direct quotes… everything exactly as he/she said it
Assignments 9/10• Take great notes: what service, where did they serve,
combat?, rank progression, what did they learn, would they do again, how did it change attitudes about country, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
• Get some complete, direct quotes… everything exactly as he/she said it
• You will turn in your HAND-WRITTEN interview notes (at least three pages!!)
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