JOUR 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: New Journalism, Sensationalism, Color Printing

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Journalism
• Course: JOUR 200
• Professor: Ira Chinoy

Document Summary

Information that is reported in a newspaper, magazine, television news program. New information or a report about something that has happened recently. Someone or something that is exciting and in the news. Subject with public interest that is shared with some portion of the public. Gives a glance at aspects of the world around them. Infotainment masquerading as news (cid:907)if it bleeds, it leads(cid:908) Fear based news that draw attention and are out of the ordinary. If there is blood, violence it will get attention. Dramatic or entertaining images that dominates reporting. The elements of journalism (cid:907) the pu(cid:325)pose of jou(cid:325)(cid:290)alis(cid:289) is to p(cid:325)o(cid:362)ide people (cid:363)ith the i(cid:290)fo(cid:325)(cid:289)atio(cid:290) the(cid:369) (cid:290)eed to be f(cid:325)ee and self-go(cid:362)e(cid:325)(cid:290)i(cid:290)g. (cid:908) to achie(cid:362)e that(cid:866) Jou(cid:325)(cid:290)alis(cid:289)"s fi(cid:325)st obligatio(cid:290) is to the t(cid:325)uth: its first loyalty is to citizens, its essence is a discipline of verification, its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover.