Monday  You will have the first 5 minutes of class to review your notes.  Separate sheet of paper.  Header, label “Rights and Responsibilities”  Number 1-25 in a straight column down the left hand side of your paper.

Tuesday  Please pick up a Journalism book from the back of the room.  In your notebook; title a new page “What is News?”  Underneath, copy down and define Chapter 3’s vocabulary.  Chapter Vocabulary News Judgment Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human-interest Conflict

Example Article  Lets look through the newspaper and try and find an example of an article that has the news element… Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human-interest Conflict

Wednesday  What is News?  A report of a current event in a newspaper, on the radio, TV, internet or even word of mouth.

NOWs  News of the Week  These will be due once a week when I collect Notebooks.  We usually receive the Sunday paper on Wednesday and you will get Wednesday’s in class to work on them.  However, they are assigned every Monday and due every Friday.

Sources of News  Newspapers  TV  Magazine  Internet  Billboard  Radio  Word of Mouth  Telephone  Texting   Blogs  Books

Thursday  Where do you get most of your news?  What source of news is most accurate?  Which of these is most entertaining?  Why do people provide the news?  Why are people interested in getting news?  Who controls the news?

What is in a Newspaper? AdvertisingEditorial Content  Paid  Classified  Display Ads  60% of the paper  Ads get put in first!  Controlled by the Editor  Written by Reporters  40% of the paper  Articles “fill” up the rest of the paper (News Hole)

Three Different Types of Stories  Hard News World State City Local Business Events & Issues Weather & construction Death notices FACT  Soft News Sports Entertainment Food Travel Celebrity Gossip Editorials (opinions) Obituary  Features Type of soft Personality Profile Syndicated Columns Comics

Inverted Pyramid  In daily newspapers, stories are usually written in inverted pyramid style.

Most important information Least important information The “Cut Test”: Editors used to chop off a story from the bottom up to fill the space in a column. Now, most are continued to another page or linked to a website.

Friday  Take out your “What is News?” handout.  Read the column titled “What Makes a Story Interesting to Readers?”  A new Element of News is introduced and a couple have different names. Identify the new Element, label the different names with the ones we are learning.

NOWs  You will have the rest of the hour to gather up articles from the newspaper for your NOWs.