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1、WhatisNews?Newsdependsonavarietyoffactors HandbookofIndependentJournalism(ThefollowingarticleistakenfromtheU.S.DepartmentofStatepublication,HandbookofIndependentJournalism.)ByDeborahPotterTheanswertothequestion“Whatisnews?”mayseemobvious. Newsiswhatisne
2、w;it’swhat’shappening. Lookitupinthedictionary,andyou’llfindnewsdescribedas“areportofrecenteventsorpreviouslyunknowninformation.” Butmostofthethingsthathappenintheworldeverydaydon’tfindtheirwayintothenewspaperorontotheairinanewscast.Sowhatmakesastorynew
3、sworthyenoughtobepublishedorbroadcast? Therealansweris,itdependsonavarietyoffactors. Generallyspeaking,newsisinformationthatisofbroadinteresttotheintendedaudience,sowhat’sbignewsinBuenosAiresmaynotbenewsatallinBaku. Journalistsdecidewhatnewstocoverbased
4、onmanyofthefollowing“newsvalues”:TimelinessDidsomethinghappenrecentlyordidwejustlearnaboutit? Ifso,thatcouldmakeitnewsworthy. Themeaningof“recently”variesdependingonthemedium,ofcourse. Foraweeklynewsmagazine,anythingthathappenedsincethepreviouseditionth
5、eweekbeforemaybeconsideredtimely. Fora24-hourcablenewschannel,thetimeliestnewsmaybe“breakingnews,”orsomethingthatishappeningthisveryminuteandcanbecoveredbyareporterliveatthescene.ImpactAremanypeopleaffectedorjustafew? Contaminationinthewatersystemthatse
6、rvesyourtown’s20,000peoplehasimpactbecauseitaffectsyouraudiencedirectly. Areportthat10childrenwerekilledfromdrinkingpollutedwateratasummercampinadistantcityhasimpacttoo,becausetheaudienceislikelytohaveastrongemotionalresponsetothestory. Thefactthatawork
7、ercutautilitylineisnotbignews,unlessithappenstocauseablackoutacrossthecitythatlastsforseveralhours.ProximityDidsomethinghappenclosetohome,ordiditinvolvepeoplefromhere? AplanecrashinChadwillmakeheadlinesinN'Djamena,butit’sunlikelytobefront-pagenewsinChil
8、eunlesstheplanewascarryingChileanpassengers.ControversyArepeopleindisagreementaboutthis? It’shumannaturetobeinterestedinstoriesthatinvolveconflict,tension,orpublicdebate. Peopleliketotakesides,andseewhosepositionwillprevail. Conf
