Chapter 3 vocabulary

12 cards·by Mario Tovar

The knowledge and instinct a reporter calls on to determine whether an event is news.

News Judgment

An element of news that refers to the geographic nearness of a given event to your place of publication or your readers

Proximity

The writing of a regional, national, or even international story to bring out the local angle

Localization

A method if obtaining many ideas in a short time

Brainstorming

A story about a coming event

Advance

An element of news that has to do with how new or current the event is

Timeliness

An element of news that refers to how well-known an individual is in the community, school, nation, or world

Prominence

An element of news that refers to the importance of the event. The greater the consequence, the greater the news value.

Consequence

A story that causes the reader to feel such emotions as sorrow, pity, or amazement

Human-interest story

An element of news that involves tension, surprise, and suspense, and arises with any good news topic-- sports, war, elections

Conflict

A sample of a population to be surveyed in which every member of the population has an equal possibility of being included in the survey sam

Random Sample

A question, posed at the beginning of a survey, designed to eliminate people who do not belong to the desired population

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