Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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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 on your leaders.

Proximity

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

Localization

A method of obtaining many ideas in a short time.

Brainstorming

A story about a coming event.

Advance

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

Prominence

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

Human Interest Story

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.

Random Sample

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

Timeliness

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

Consequences

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

Conflict

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

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