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skip to main content JOUR 201 6382 Introduction to News Writing (2168) Select a course... Message alerts Update alerts Subscription alerts Navigation JOUR 201 6382 Introduction to News Writing (2168) Course Home Content Discussions Assignments My Tools Resources Classlist Help Side Panel Expand side panel Breadcrumb: 1. Discussions List 2. View Topic 3. View Thread Settings Help Search View profile card for Ashlee Rahmer Defining "News": Rahmer Mark All Posts as Read Mark All Posts as Unread Flag Thread Remove Flag Print Thread Actions for 'Defining "News": Rahmer ' Created by Ashlee Rahmer on Aug 23, 2016 10:04 PM Subscribed Subscribe Previous Next This page automatically marks posts as read as you scroll. Adjust automatic marking as read setting Headline: 3 Children, 1 man dead after suspicious fire at apartment Who: 3-month-old, 4-year-old, 6-year-old, and a male What: Fire When: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Where: Southside Chicago Why: Unknown How: Unknown, under investigation for suspicion URL: http://chicago.suntimes.comews/firefightersbattle-extra-alarm-blaze-in-south-chicago/ This article or story is news because it has timeliness. This unfortunate recent event occurred in a small community located within a big city. The proximity of the event, though, has made a huge impact on the community involved as well as the surrounding communities, even the city itself. Headline: Starbucks can put as much ice in your drink as it wants Who: Starbucks vs. Alexander Forouzesh What: Lawsuit about the amount of ice there are in iced drinks When: April 2016 until present Where: Illinois Why: Customer complained they were being cheated when their cup was filled with a ton of ice to give off the illusion that there was more drink contents than there actually was. How: Filing a lawsuit URL: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/08/23/starbuckscan-put-much-ice-your-coffee-wants-judgerules8bQanks1jfC8ghhLfzH0N/story.html This story is news because its center is conflict or controversy. It began with an unhappy customer who was willing to stand his ground, only to discover that a lot of customers around the globe are unhappy with Starbucks. The amount of customers that have come forward after this lawsuit was filed is an example of how much impact this has on the population of coffee drinkers. Headline: Teen Is the 4th Person to Survive Brain-Eating Amoeba in 50 Years Who: Floridian teen, Sebastian DeLeon, 16 What: Naegleria fowleri infection. Amoeba. When: August 7th he began experiencing severe headaches Where: Freshwater Lake in Florida Why: Infection got into his bloodstream How: Swimming in a freshwater lake at camp URL: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/teen-becomesfourth-person-survive-brain-eating-amoeba173005541.html# This is another timeliness news story that has made an impact on the whole state of Florida as well as other states. The oddity of the story, the young teen who survived this deadly infection, is why this is news and has the nations attention. These stories listed above are news. The Hollywood girls that are given endless amount of media attention are only there to distract society from what is actually happening in the real world. While I was reading, I was informed that journalist have "three have three primary obligations: 1. They must get the facts right. 2. They must place those facts in a true and appropriate context. 3. They must craft a story that makes clear what happened, what is at issue, and what is at stake for the audience." Taking the above bullet points into consideration, the "news" stories about the Hollywood girls as well as any celebrity do not fit this criteria. A lot of Hollywood headlines are full of false information in order to gain attention and make money. People, society in general, would rather fill their minds with falsified information that has no relevance to their lives in order to avoid the actual news and happenings in and around the world. It is all about agenda setting, really. https://learn.umuc.edu/content/enforced/170260-005687-01-2168-OL16382/Lectures/The%20Characteristics%20of%20News.htm Rating No rating 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 Reply to Thread Filter by: Filter by: Unread Flagged Show: 0 items shown.{count} items selected.All items selected.Clear Selection There are no replies in this thread Reply to Thread Mark all posts on this page as read. skip to main content JOUR 201 6382 Introduction to News Writing (2168) Select a course... Message alerts Update alerts Subscription alerts Navigation JOUR 201 6382 Introduction to News Writing (2168) Course Home Content Discussions Assignments My Tools Resources Classlist Help Side Panel Expand side panel Breadcrumb: 1. Discussions List 2. View Topic 3. View Thread Settings Help Search View profile card for Gharett Vannoy Defining "News": Vannoy Mark All Posts as Read Mark All Posts as Unread Flag Thread Remove Flag Print Thread Actions for 'Defining "News": Vannoy' Created by Gharett Vannoy on Aug 24, 2016 10:55 AM Subscribed Subscribe Previous Next This page automatically marks posts as read as you scroll. Adjust automatic marking as read setting Gharett Vannoy newsworthiness Headline: \"Earthquake leaves at least 37 dead in central Italy\" Who: At least 37 people living in and around the villages of Pescara del Tronto, Amatrice, and Accumoli in central Italy. What: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake. When: 03:36 (01:36 GMT) August 24, 2016. Where: 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome. Why: There is a major fault system that runs the length of the Apennine mountain range. This high-intensity quake struck at a shallow depth, with devastating effects. How: Killed, injured, or trapped by collapsing buildings. URL: http://www.bbc.comews/world-europe-37171953 The primary news characteristics that are leveraged for the angle in this story are timeliness and emotion, although it does boast several others, including proximity, impact, and prominence. This is hard news, about a serious disaster in an area that figures largely into the audience's historical and contemporary knowledge. As stated in the reading by Weldon (2009) when discussing the coverage of 9/11, "News could be informative as well as evocative. No longer was a mainstream media provider expected to be unbiased and straightforward telling just the facts, but rather, a eulogistic tone and reverence for the individual was expected." (p. 598). This story is certainly news, and has the potential to be highly evocative: the Eternal City has been shaken by an earthquake; children and families are being frantically pulled from the rubble; grief, heroism, and tragedy are all being witnessed or caught on camera; and it all happened less than 12 hours ago. Headline: \"'White Lives Matter' Protesters Rally at NAACP Building in Texas\" Who: Around 20 people identifying with the 'White Lives Matter' movement. What: A protest against the NAACP and the 'Black Lives Matter' movement. When: Sunday August 22, 2016 Where: NAACP Building in Houston, Texas Why: The group was protesting the NAACP's failure to condemn the perceived role of Black Lives Matter and other black civil rights groups in acts of violence committed against Police. How: Protesting using signs and confederate flags. URL: https://www.yahoo.comews/white-lives-matter-protesters-rally-121612897.html?nhp=1 In this story controversy is leveraged more than anything else to make it newsworthy, with prominence as a close second. In another time, when police violence, retaliatory violence against police, and the massive Black Lives Matter movement had not been so much in the news, a group of 20 white people with confederate flags gathering in Texas would hardly be national news. As it stands, however, months and months of broiling conflict has made this small protest newsworthy. As stated by Potter (2006) in the reading, \"It's human nature to be interested in stories that involve conflict, tension, or public debate. People like to take sides, and see whose position will prevail.\" This story also has a hint of oddity. News consumers have grown so accustomed to seeing 'Black Lives Matter' in headlines, that seeing 'White Lives Matter' is liable to make them look a second time. Headline: \"Turkey says operation launched to free IS-held Syrian town\" Who: Turkey's prime minister's office What: Operation to clear a Syrian border town from Islamic State militants. When: 4:00am August 24, 2016 Where: Along the IS-controlled Syrian/Turkish border, from the Syrian town of Afrin in the northwest to Jarablus, in the central north Why: Ostensibly to clear IS militants from the region, but it is possible that this is a prelude to direct action against U.S.-backed Kurdish militants in the region. How: Turkish artillery launched intense fire on Jarablus followed by Turkish warplanes bombing IS targets in the town. URL: http://www.usatoday.com/storyews/world/2016/08/24/turkey-says-operation-launchedfree--held-syrian-town/89243200/ The primary characteristics of this story are conflict, impact and prominence. The selfproclaimed Islamic State is a popular and highly-covered villain, and the involvement of a major NATO power in Syria could escalate the already violent situation in the region. Although the story is not close to home for many audiences, the magnitude of the action makes it newsworthy. The story also includes the inherent conflict of war coverage. Is the near-continuous coverage of the Hollywood starlets news, then? No. The only necessary characteristic this coverage exhibits is prominence; people talk about them because people talk about them. Seemingly mundane actions, when performed by stars, are suddenly glamorous and noteworthy. These stories are not singular or significant enough to qualify as news. I suppose, however, that these stories do boast timeliness: an interested individual would probably be able to find out what Kim K. had for lunch more quickly than they could find out how many victims there were in a shooting. This \"coverage\" is entertainment, not news, although the lines between the two are beginning to blur. As stated in the reading by Weldon (2009), \"Narrative made the format of news more about craft and style than the objective delivery of news.\" (p. 598) Sometimes people want a dense, staccato report about the UN summit on climate change, and sometimes they want a quippy, colorful piece about Lindsey Lohan's nail polish, but only the former is really \"News.\" ### References Eadie, W. F., Sage Publications, Sage eReference (Online service). (2009). The changing nature of "news". In 21st century communication: A reference handbook (p. 592). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.umuc.edu/10.4135/9781412964005.n65 Potter, D., United States. (2006). What is news. In Handbook of independent journalism(p. 3). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of State, International Information Programs. 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