Concept of News (Mod 1,2)
Concept of News (Mod 1,2)
Concept of News (Mod 1,2)
1. WHAT IS NEWS?
news is an unpublished account of human activity which seeks to interest,
inform or educate the readers.
EVERYTHING WHICH IS RECENT, EXTRA-ORDINARY AND UNUSUAL, PRESENTED IN HUMAN
INTEREST IS CALLED NEWS.
a. the first requirement of news is that a writing should not have been
published anywhere before. It should come to the readers for the first time. It is
like a hot cake coming straight from the oven. Anything that has come to print
before does not consist of news. It is anything but news.
b.the second ingredient is human activity. News must relate in one way
or the other to the human activity. Human beings must be innvolved in an event
embodied in the news.
c. the third important factor is that it should be of some interest to
the readers. The interest may be political or emotional.
d. the fourth important pre-requisite is that it should be designed to
impart some sort of information to the readers.
3.ELEMENTS OF NEWS?
news is a piece of information about an event that would be a matter of
interest for a large number of readers. History never actually repeats, but it does
seem to repeat tendencies. similarly news stories never duplicate each other but
they do have a way of falling in definite categories. Analysing them as we read
them from day to day or listen to them as they come from different sources of news
like radio, tv. We can distinguish elements of news interest which recur
constantly. Sometimes a news story will contain several of these interst provoking
news elements other times only one.
There are Nine elements of news that will enhance the news value.
* timeliness/ immediacy * proximity * prominience *consequence *human
interest *conflict * drama *oddity *progress
4. NEWS VALUES?
News values are the elements of the story that journalists have used for
decades to quickly access and determine whether an idea or event is worthsharing -
and if so how prominently. News values are qualities that make the news more
interesting or valuable.
6. NEWS SENSE?
Reportes must consist if what is called "news sense" or "nose for news", an
instinctive feeling for what constitues a big story. For an experienced reporter,
the news sense often manifests itself as a voice screaming inside his head whenever
a big story breaks. "this is important" the voice shouts "you need to move faster".