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| to represent your audience and to present information that they need. |
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there is:
conflict
timeliness
proximity
prominence
impact/consequences
rarity/oddity
human interest
(some additional)
weight
currency
usefulness
educational |
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| general assignment, beat, specialized |
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| General assignment reporters |
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| they need experience, take care of any type of news as stories arise. |
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| assigned to a topic, i.e. city gov., county gov., courts, police. They are responsible for everything that happens in their beat. |
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| more specialized, usually have experience in the field that they are reporting on |
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Hard news: more serious, event oriented, timely
soft news: feature news, lighter news. i.e. pie eating contest |
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| 1931, near was critical of the government in minnesota, saying the mob was running it. minn. tried to stop near from publishing |
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you cannot stop something from being published, except
1. National Security
2. obscenity
3.insitment of violence towards the government, "clear and present danger" |
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| slander is spoken, libel is published |
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| The publication of false information that is harmful to a person. This applies to the mass media. |
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| 5 qualifications for Libel |
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1. publication, any third party
2. identification, name or photo, or how many people are identified.
3. defamation, it does to the reputation
4. falsity, the information must be false
5. fault, that it is the publication's fault that the info was not verified. |
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| Common defenses against libel |
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1. qualified privilege, as long as you present the facts fairly, you are safe
2. fair comment and criticism, you can comment on matters of public concern. must provide fact to back you criticisms.
3.statute of limitation, normally two years, someone has to sue. or else it does not matter
4. constitutional, we have a right to discuss important issues |
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| NY Times v.s. sullivan, 1964 |
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| it made a distinction between a public official and a private citizen. a public official must prove actual malice. the average citizen does not need to prove this. |
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| Butts v.s. Saturday evening post/ 60's |
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| same as above, how much is the person a household name |
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allows journalist to protect their sources
the journalist can only be forced to reveal the source when the info clearly is relevant to a part of the law, it cannot be found elsewhere, and the state has great need for the info |
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| the 1st amendment allows reporters |
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| the right to access trials |
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| the freedom of information act. only for the executive branch |
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| the right to be left alone, intimate places should be left alone, public knowledge of it can be punished |
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| The four torts of privacy |
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1. appropriation
2. intrusion
3. publication of private info
4. false light |
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| to take a person's name or likeness for commercial gain without permission. |
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| intruding upon a person's private life. personal solitude. related to trespassing. |
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| publication of private information |
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truthful facts, gossip, private conversations, must prove three things.
1. publicity occurs
2. the revelation of the material must be offensive to a reasonable person
3. it is not of public concern |
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| publication of material that puts the subject in a false, negative light. |
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| a person has a right to control publication of his likeness. |
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| reveiling all sides of an issue, leaving personal opinion aside, we are subjective by nature, do your best job |
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| agreeing with a viewpoint |
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| your opinion does not matter |
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