Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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

news judgment

an element of news that refers to the geographic nearness of a given event to your place of publication or your reader

proximity

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

localization

a method of obtaining many ideas in a short time

brainstorming

a story about a coming event

advance

an element of news that refers to how well-known an individual is in the community, school, nation, or world

promienence

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

human-interest story

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

random sample

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 importance of the event

consequence

an element of news that involves tension, surprise, and suspense and arises with any good new topic—sports, war, elections

conflict

a question posed at the beginning of a survey, designed to eliminate people who do not belong to the desired population

filter question