how to identify news
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What is news? How to go beyond meetings and really find news. [photo courtesy Fairfax County Library]TRANSCRIPT
HOW TO IDENTIFY NEWSAdventist News Networkwww.news.adventist.org
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News is...
New (duh)
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News is...
About people
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News is...
About death
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News is...
About issues (controversy)
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A meeting is not news...
...but the reason for the meeting, or issues discussed at the meeting, could be news
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Ineffective headlines
“City council meets”
“Church board meeting a success”
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finding news at a meeting
What are the issues?
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A speech by a prominent person could be news
What did they say?
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Bob Woodward
(rockstar status among young journalists)
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poor headline
“Watergate reporter Bob Woodward speaks at UC Davis”
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more effective headlines:
Watergate reporter Woodward still won’t reveal Deep Throat
Hillary now difficult to pinpoint in White House race,
says Watergate reporter Woodward
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what to write about:
What did they say?
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Great resource:
Handbook of Independent Journalism
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