JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: David Brinkley, Whistle Rymes, News Values
8 Sep 2020
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When a dog bites a man, this is not news, but when a man bites a dog, that"s news. News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress, the rest is advertising. news is anything that makes a reader say, gee whiz! . News is a first rough draft of history. To a journalist, good news is often not news at all. News is what i say it is. - david brinkley. People are being bombarded by more information than ever. Our survival as news providers depends more and more on being able to select, report, and write in a compelling fashion. Each news organization develops its own news value, decides what"s important. Hard news - what you need to know in the judgement of editors, reporters: soft news - what editors think you"d enjoy knowing. And it all starts with one simple question .
