Jenny

chapter 2 vocab.

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a system of moral principles

Ethicts

fictional characters a news writer creates by using characteristics

Composite characters

the ability to inspire belief & trust

Credibility

Written defamation, damaging false statements against another person or institution that appear in writing or that are spoken

Libel

censorship,or restrain in advance of publication.This is illegal in the united statesexcept in the rarest of the circumstances.

Prior restrain

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

new 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 individuals is in the comunity

prominence

element of news that refers to the importance of the event.

consequence

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

localization

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

human-interest story

news that involves tension

conflict

a method of obtaining many ideas in a short time

brainstorming

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

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