Chapter 3 vocab.

12 cards·by Erica L.

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

newe judgment

a story about a coming event

advance

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

timeliness

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

proximity

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

prominence

element of news that refers to the importance of the event

consequence

the writing 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, pitty, or amazement

human-intense story

element if 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

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

random sample

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

filter question