chapter 3 vocabulary

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the kowledge and instinct a reporter calls on to determine whether an event is news

news judgement

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 the geographic nearness of a given event to your place of publication or your readers

proximity

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

prominence

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

consequences

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

localization

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

human-interest story

a sample of a population to br 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

filter question

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

conflict

a method of obtaining many ideas in a short time

brainstorming