Thursday's Assignment

-The article I read was "Sharks kill man at Florida beach." I was shocked to read that a man who had simply decided to go kite-surfing was killed by multiple shark bites. I think that beaches should be more carefully monitored so people can be warned if there are sharks present near shore in the water. I was also very surprised to read that in a 2008 study over half of the shark attacks recorded worldwide occurred in Florida alone. That shows that Florida should be making changes so that shark attacks are far less in the years to come.

-The definition of Broadcast Journalism is airing news or current events instantaneously through television, radio, or the internet.

-News is an account of events that interest and concern the public

-SIX CRITERIA OF NEWS WORTHINESS:
1. Unusualness: News that is different or out of the ordinary, most often bad.
ex. A plane crashing into the ocean.
2. Significance: News that affects a lot of people making it important to be broadcasted.
ex. election results, wars, terrorist attacks
3. Timeliness: News that is current and happening right now.
ex. News on the War in Iraq
4. Proximity: News on things that are local, happening in a person's very own city or state.
ex. new state laws being passed
5. Prominence: News on well-known people, buildings, or places.
ex. The death of Michael Jackson
6. Human Interest: News on ordinary people or animals or heartwarming stories that appear in the news because they have an emotional and personal appeal that draws our attention.
ex. A dog being rescued by a family and given a new home.

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRINT JOURNALISM AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM:
1. Print journalism offers better and more coverage on more stories than broadcast journalism does.
2. Print journalism allows people to pick and choose what stories they want to learn about and the order they learn about them where broadcast journalism only shows some stories and you might have to wait awhile to hear about a story you are interested in.
3. Broadcast journalism allows people to hear about news going on instantaneously where print journalism must wait until the following day or longer.
4. Broadcast journalism gives viewers much more dramatic news because they can use video clips where print journalism can just use pictures.
5. Broadcast journalism is often only major stories where print journalism has a large variety of stories that may not be very important but are interesting to some people.

ARTICLES THAT ARE EXAMPLES OF THE CRITERIA FOR NEWS WORTHINESS:
-Unusualness: Sharks kill man at Florida beach
-Significance: Dow tumbles 200 points
-Timeliness: Haiti: Behind Door No. 3, difficult questions await
-Proximity: Fox to televise nine Twins games
-Prominence: Brittany Murphy's death ruled accident from pneumonia, with prescription drugs a factor
-Human Interest: Cleo, the breakup kitten