1. What is News and The History of Journalism

2. How not to News http://youtu.be/O8g3AFnT_Hk

3. News Delivery Newspapers Magazines Radio Broadcast Blogs Podcasts RSS Aggregator Social Media Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

4. Blogs The term “blog” is short for “Web log” because blogs are posted on the Web. A blog can be a personal journal or brief commentary about any topic and can include audio or video Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

5. Podcast This is digital media information in audio or video form distributed over the Internet for use on a tablet or smart phone. Pod is an abbreviation for “portable on demand.” Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

6. RSS RSS = “ReallySimpleSyndication” If you want to receive certain blogs or podcats regularly, you can subscribe to a site using a Web feed reader called an “aggregator” that will compile them and deliver them to you. Search engines such as Google or Yahoo! Offer to deliver automatic updates of news via RSS feeds. These feeds, delivered to your account, contain headlines, summaries and links to articles. Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

7. Aggregator This is a software that complies or collects certain websites that you want delivered to you regularly and pushes them to you via e- mail or automatically downloads them for you. The aggregator is also known as a feed reader because it “reads” the sites it will “feed” to you. Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

8. Social Media News organizations are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr and others to connect with readers and viewers. Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

9. Citizen Journalism Citizen journalism is another type of participation by people who contribute to a news organization with blogs, reporting, news stories and other information. Social media contributors sometimes perform the same functions. Many citizen journalism sites are considered “hyperlocal,” providing local news and information for a neighborhood or small community within a larger area. Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

10. Qualities of News Timeliness Proximity Unusual Nature Human Interest Conflict Impact Helpfulness Celebrities Entertainment Issues or Problems in the Community Trends Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

11. Hard vs. Soft News Hard news includes stories of a timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen, such as crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases. The hard-news approach is basically an account of what happened, why it happened and how readers will be affected. Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

12. Soft News Soft news is defined as news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less immediacy than hard news. For example, a profile about a man who designs model airplanes or a story about the effectiveness of diets would be considered soft news. Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

13. Soft News Soft news can also be stories that focus on people, places, or issues that affect readers’ lives. These types of stories are called “feature stories.” Gregerson Journalism 1 SCHS - Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Seventh Editions by Carol Rich

14. History of Journalism

15. What is Journalism? Telling a story of things that have happened and/will/or may happen in the future by means of words, images, video, and/or audio

16. The First Amendment The US Constitution states that the American citizens have 4 basic freedoms within the 1 st Amendment: – Freedom of Speech – Freedom of Religion – Freedom of the Press – Freedom of assembly

17. 1 st Amendment cont. While of the 1 st Amendment gives us the Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of the Press, both have it’s limitations in and out of a school setting.

18. Libel vs. Slander Libel is a written statement about someone that is untrue and harms their reputation/job, etc.

19. Libel vs. Slander cont. Slander is a spoken statement that is untrue about someone. This is how people get away with saying malicious things about other people.

20. Libel vs. Slander cont. You can only be sued for libel. Since we have the Freedom of Speech you can’t be sued for saying malicious things. If you write it, record it, or, photograph it without the facts to back it up, you can be sued.

21. People in the Public Eye They knowingly put themselves out into the public limelight and set themselves up for scrutiny by the public, reporters, comedians, etc. There are different rules surrounding them, but you still can’t libel them.

23. Johann Gutenberg Known for creating the first moveable type printing press. Until then, books were handwritten. It took 13 men three years to write one bible.

24. Yellow Journalism Back in the late 1800’s, papers were fighting against each other for readership. (Still the case today) The papers started printing “sensational” stories to sell their papers. A modern day example are tabloids. This is how tabloids get away with what they write.

25. Yellow Journalism Back in the late 1800’s, papers were fighting against each other for readership. (Still the case today) The papers started printing “sensational” stories to sell their papers. A modern day example are tabloids. This is how tabloids get away with what they write.

26. Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeir Hazelwood East High school reporters wrote a story about teen pregnancy and interviewed students who were pregnant. The story used false names to protect the identity of the students. The principal of the school didn’t feel that the content was appropriate, he opted to not publish the stories.

27. Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeir Once the Editors saw the paper, they filed suit in January 1984 because this is censorship They filed the suit under the pretenses that the Principal violated their First Amendment rights.

28. Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeir The case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The court ruled that “school administrators my censor certain articles/content in their school’s publications if they do not feel that the articles/content fit with the educational goals of the school.”