1.  Identify, define, and give an example of the 6 criteria of newsworthiness.

Criteria 1: unusualness
Definition: different, unusual, out of the ordinary.
Example if an airplane leaves on time it isn't but if it crashes, regrettably it is

Criteria 2: significance
Definition: important events, ones that affect many people, are news.
Example: Taxes, wars, elections, scientific discoveries.

Criteria 3: timeliness
Definition: old news isnt news its history you need news thats relevant
Example: people wanna hear about a flood while its happening not the next month when everything has dried out

Criteria 4: proximity
Definition: nearby events
Example: a problem at eastview highschool

Criteria 5: prominence
Definition: well known people, buildings or places involved
Example: a celebrity gets arrested

Criteria 6: human interest
Definition: normal every day people, heart warming or heart wrenching stories
Example: a minister who runs a drop in center for troubled teenagers

2. On page 23 it discusses the differences between print journalism and broadcast journlism.  Please describe 3 ways they are different and explain. 
newspapers provide fuller coverage, more human interest and entertainment features. readers can pick and choose what they want to read where as tv or radio you cant skip over things. video news is the most dramatic news. radio is the most timley news with weather, disasters, accidents etc.. updated quickly.


3.  List all the criteria the story we watched at the beginning of class fits under and why.
unusual because there isnt pigs on the side of the road everyday. timliness because it was recent. proximity it was on i-94 which is close. human interest because they were just normal everyday people involved.
4.  List all the criteria the 2nd story we watched fits under and why.
unusualness 2 dogs that were raise together one blind one def. timliness it was recent. proximity it was close. human interest they werent famous or anything just a family with a couple dogs.
5.  List all the criteria the 3rd story we watched fits under and why.
timlieness it was about something upcoming. prominence it was all about famous people.