Glossary
- Chronic Chronologicality
- The tendency of journalism students to summarize an event from beginning to end, rather than ordering details according to importance (the "inverted pyramid").[...]
- Conflict of Interest
- An ethical problem that exists when someone who is expected to act impartially has a reason to act otherwise. It's still a conflict of interest even if nobody misbehaves. [...]
- Editorial
- An opinion essay that represents the official collective position of the editorial board of a newspaper. Outside of the journalism business, people regularly use the word to mean "a persuasive essay on a current event." [...]
- Key Concepts
- News Writing Truth Accuracy Clarity Timeliness Relevance Comprehensiveness Proportionality Objectivity (Bias) Transparency (Advocacy) Independence Gate-keeping Interactivity...[...]
- Newsworthy vs. Snoozeworthy
- "Dog bites man" is snoozeworthy because it happens all the time, but "man bites dog" is less common, so it is more newsworthy.A Newsworthy Story is uncommon (rather than common)affects many (rather than few) peoplehas significant (rather than trivial) impacthappens...[...]
- Objectivity
- A primary goal of news reporting, in which the coverage aims to state the the whole truth as accurately as possible, fairly representing the range of opinions of the people involved with the story, without passing judgment and without advocating...[...]
