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09/15/2009

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NEWS
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THE MAJOR PRODUCT OF JOURNALISM
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OPEN SOCIETY
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WHERE IMFORMATION IS EXCHANGED WITH NO OR RELATIVLY LITTLE INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
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NEWS VALUES
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CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMATION THAT MAKE AN EVENT OR SUBJECT NEWS
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WATCHDOG
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THE TERM GIVEN TO THE NEWS MEDIA AS AN INDEPENDANT OBSERVER OF OTHER PARTS OF SOCIETY TO SEE THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOBS PROPERLY
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BIAS
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BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, AND POINTS OF VIEW THAT PREVENT JOURNALISTS FROM EVALUATING AND PRESENTING INFORMATION IN THE FAIR AND ACCURATE MANNER EXPECTED BE THE AUDIENCE
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NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
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ENTITIES THAT GATHER NEWS AND DISSEMINATE IT TO AN AUDIENCE
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DISHONESTY AND PLAGIARISM
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TWO OF THE MOST UNACCEPTABLE PRACTICES IN JOURNALISM
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COMPETITION
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GOVERNS MANY PRACTICES OF JOURNALISM; JOURNALISTS WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO PUBLISH OR BROADCAST INFORMATION, AND THAY WANT TO DO IT BETTER THAN OTHER JOURNALISTS
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WRITING
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THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL A POTENTIAL JOURNALIST CAN DEVELOP
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READING WIDELY
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THE MARK OF A GOOD JOURNALIST
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INTERNSHIPS
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SHORT-TERM JOBS THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS GET WORKING FOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS; TRADITIONALLY LAST FOR ONE SEMESTER OR SUMMER
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CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP
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ONE OF THE MAJOR TRENDS IN THE LAST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY; FEWER AND FEWER COMPANIES ARE OWNING MORE AND MORE NEWSPAPERS
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LOCAL NEWS
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NEWS STORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY THE NEWSPAPER'S STAFF
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MANAGING EDITOR
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THE PERSON WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY PRODUCTION OF THE NEWSPAPER
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MAGAZINES
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created because someone or group has an editorial idea and can identify an audience that would be interested in the idea and a set of advertisers that would like to sell products to th audience
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Freelancing
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writing articles for magazines on an assignment basis; writers are paid for each assignment but are not part of the magazine's permanent staff
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demassification
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the process of appealing to audiences that might be widely scattered but that have a common interest
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television
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the new medium of impact and immediacy
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format
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the general type of progamming that a radio station uses to fill up its day
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Ted Turner
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the owner of an independant television station in Atlanta who poineered the use of satellite and cable technology to expand the number of stations to which the audience has access
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broadcast news
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is criticized because it often does not deliver explanation or depth for complex stories
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the web
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an ideal new medium because it can handle information in most of the formats of the traditional media, such as text, pictures, graphs, audio and video
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interactivity
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the characteristic of the Web that is likely to have the greastes long-term effect on journalism, refers to the ways in which journalism an the medium connect with the audience
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shovelware
Definition
content that was created for another medium an is placed on a web site with minimal or no charge
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web log
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a periodically updated web site that posts the thoughts and observations of a single writer and often the responses to those observations
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