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ERIC Number: EJ389783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Reference Count: 0
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What Is News?
Sotomayor, Ernie
Social Education, v53 n3 p161-63 Mar 1989
Determines that the elements that make information or events newsworthy include (1) the effect on our lives or community; (2) timeliness; (3) human interest; (4) the unusual; (5) proximity; (6) personalities; and (7) controversy. Examines how a reporter or editor's background, including culture, ethnicity, and education, can influence the news. (LS)
Descriptors: Editing, Editors, Ethnicity, Evaluation, Journalism Education, Mass Media Effects, Minority Group Influences, News Media, News Reporting, Press Opinion, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: News Stories