1. Print and Journalism

2. Ramses at Kadesh

3. Ishtar

7. Town crier

8. What is news?

9. What is news? Reports of current events?
What is a report?
What does “current” mean?
What is an event?
Looks really fuzzy, doesn’t it? 9

10. Criteria for Newsworthiness
Timeliness
Proximity
Prominence
Consequence
Rarity
Human interest 10

12. The Sun

13. The New York World

14. New York Journal

16. Canons of Journalism and Statement of Principles – 1923
“The right of a newspaper to attract and hold readers is restricted by nothing but considerations of public welfare.”
The beginnings of the modern ideal of journalism: be objective, don’t be sensationalistic, operate for the public good

17. Problems with Objectivity
Not everyone agrees on what is objective
Concept of objectivity can be taken too far
Ignoring context
Not making judgment calls

18. How newspapers present the news
Inverted pyramid
Basics of the story in the first paragraph
Ensuing paragraphs provide more details
Feature style
Written as stories with exposition, problem, crises and complications and a climax
People in the story presented as characters

19. Use Inverted pyramid Feature writing Hard news and news shorts
Magazine news stories
Television news stories
Newspaper articles and columns

20. Newspapers are print media
Reading is an intellectual exercise
More in-depth coverage than other media because they have the space and time