MC 2000 Chapter : NewsMC2001
Document Summary
Inverted pyramid, important ideas lead: story formats (right side)- for radio & television, word story, vo, stand-up, package. Journalism styles: sensational or tabloid- 1890s-1920s hearst & pulitizer. Shocking details, bizarre events, and appalling transgressions of social norms: objective or impartial journalism- separate fact from opinion, present emotionally detached view of news, strive for fairness and balance, critical, interpretative journalism- providing analysis about news. Reporters take it upon themselves to search for more facts and to counter what they believe is false or misleading information. Literary or new journalism- 1960s & 1970s, scene setting, extended dialogue, point of view, interior monologue, composite character. These devices are all tools of fiction writers: advocacy journalism- point of view, magazine, cable, radio, website, bill o"reilly, lou dobbas. The reporter and the story identify with and advocate a cause or position: precision journalism- computer assisted reporting, uses tools of social science to analyze the news.
