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News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media, 7/e
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Ingredients of News
Review Questions
1
Define
news
.
2
Define and give examples of hard news events.
3
Define and give examples of soft news events.
4
Define
convergence
. Give an example of convergence in coverage of a national or local story.
5
Who are the news media gatekeepers, and what do they do?
6
List and discuss the six criteria that are most often considered to determine newsworthiness.
7
In additional to the criteria that editors most often consider to determine newsworthiness, the chapter discusses factors that influence whether a story is published. List and discuss these factors.
8
Discuss "the wall" between editorial and advertising and how it is changing.
9
When trying to sell stories to an editor, what steps can you follow to increase the possibility that your idea will be accepted?
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