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Portal Training 1: Why Is That News?
Why Is That News?
Objectivity
Objectivity
The ability to describe an issue or event without expressing an opinion or taking sides.
Framing the Story
What Is Truth?
Rats Bite Baby
Who Is the Good Guy?
Who Is the Bad Guy?
What's the "Point" of the Story?
"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted
with their own government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Types of Stories
Why Do People Publish News?
... and how does that affect what they say?
- News
- Press conference
- Reporting
- Investigative journalism
- Opinion
- Editorial
- Institutional Point of View
- Blog
- Comment
- Rumor/Heresay
- Satire
EYEBALLS
Make a profit
- Chicago Tribune | TMZ
Move an agenda
- Planned Parenthood | FOX News
Do good
- Englewood Portal | Trib
Feel important
- Englewood Portal | Facebook poster
Which Stories Get Covered
• Oh No!...disaster, tragedy, bad news
• Yes!...victory, agreement, improvement
• Conflict...argument, battle, disagrement
• Trend.... Something new is going on
• Wow!...extreme, unique event
• Ha! .... funny, silly
• Hmmm!...thought-provoking, stimulating
• Rituals...opening days, funerals, birthdays
• News You Can Use...helpful information
“It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.”
-- Jerry Seinfeld
Two Papers
One Day
Lot of Different Stories
Fight at School!
The witnesses:
- The best friend of a student in the fight
- A teacher who knows one of the students but not the other
- A freshmen who was just walking by and doesn’t know any of the participants
- The sister of the other student who fought
- Does the author point out both the pros and cons of a particular point of view or situation?
- Is there more than one source for balance? Do those sources point out different things?
- Is there a source that is known to try to be objective? For Example: Scientist | Congressional Budget Office | Teacher (?)
- Does the publisher have an agenda?