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Chapter 3 Vocab .
12 cards·by Erica Esquivel
News judgment
the knowledge and instinct a reporter calls on to determine whether an event is news.
Advance
a story about a coming event.
Timeliness
an element of news that has to do with how new or current the event is
Proximity
an element of news that refers to the geographic nearness of a given event to your place of
publication or your readers
Prominence
an element of news that refers to how well-known an individual is in the community, school,
nation, or world
Consequence
an element of news that refers to the importance of the event. The greater the consequence, the
greater the news value
Localization
the writing of a regional, national, or even international story to bring out the local angle
Human-interest story
a story that causes the reader to feel such emotions as sorrow, pitty, or amazement
Conflict
an element of news that involves tension, surprise, and suspense, and arises with any
goodnews topic-sports, war, elections
Brainstorming
a method of obtaining many ideas in a short time
Random sample
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 sam
Filter question
a question, posed at the beginning of a survey, designed to eliminate people who do not belong
to the desired population.