What is Media proximity?
– Timeliness: News about a recent story. – Proximity: News about places near your publication. – Prominence: News about a widely known person. – Consequence: News about the result of something someone has done.
Why is proximity an important quality of news?
Proximity Most people find news and events that happen in close proximity more relevant and interesting than those taking place a long way away. This is worth keeping in mind when pitching stories. If you can take a local angle to your story, it’s going to have a much better chance of being picked up.
What are the 5 elements of news?
Good news stories have more than one of these elements.
- Proximity.
- Prominence.
- Timeliness.
- Oddity.
- Consequence.
- Conflict.
- Human interest.
- Extremes/superlatives.
What are four qualities of a good news report?
7 Qualities of a Good News Story
- Information: You need to have concrete details about the who, what, when, where and why.
- Significance: Your story pitch may be of utmost importance to you, but what about the outlet’s readers, listeners or viewers?
- Focus: A good story is limited and focused.
- Context:
- Faces:
- Form:
- Voice:
What are the main roles and responsibilities of journalists?
Principal responsibility of journalists is to provide correct, objective, unbiased and balanced news to their readers. To fulfill this responsibility, journalists should be free from all kinds of prejudices and should include versions from all the concerned or affected parties in their reports.
What are the duties and responsibilities of a journalist?
Responsibilities
- Collect, verify and analyze thoroughly newsworthy information.
- Assemble findings into a stable story.
- Write and deliver news stories with the reader’s perspective in mind.
- Publish or broadcast news stories.
- Receive assignments or investigate news leads/tips.
- Abide by journalism’s ethics and codes.