The qualities that characterize news are timeliness, proximity, prominence, consequence, and human interest. Economics is also important.
News media are searching for new business models.
There are three main types of news stories: hard, soft, and investigative.
The digital revolution has increased the number of available news sources, encouraged the growth of blogs, contributed to the rise of citizen journalism and hyperlocal news, and supplied new tools to reporters.
The Associated Press is a wire service that provides stories to print and broadcast journalists.
Print, broadcast, and online journalism have their unique strengths and weaknesses.
All forms of news media strive for credibility.
Online news enables audience members to select from more news sources and customize their news.
The audience for news has been declining across all media.
