News Sources
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- 2. CHAPTER 4 Where does news come from?
- 3. Sources and Source Considerations Call News Access Two Kinds of Definers Power Contacts
- 4. Sources and Source Considerations
- 6. Allan Bell: ideal news source = news actor Herbert Gans: "source should be efficient"
- 7. Journalists ... … use a limited number of same types of source … use other journalists and other media
- 8. Source Considerations Past suitability Productivity Reliability Trustworthiness Authoritativeness Articulateness
- 9. Brian Whittle: … a good journalist is NEVER off-duty … other sources are not aware that they are sources … a good journalist will not rely on stories arriving “gift-wrapped”
- 10. Call
- 11. Call … regular inquiries to a range of agencies … valid and valuable way of generating a copy … provide a regular supply of stories ( e.g. weekly or daily paper and broadcast newsroom)
- 12. Contacts
- 13. Contact Books … alphabetical list of sources with: … names and titles … contact numbers (ALL)
- 14. … Call … Feed … Update … Back-up Copy What to do to maximize the use of a contact book:
- 15. News Access
- 17. News Access Stuart Hall: “ The structure of access to the media is systematically skewed in relation to social categories.”
- 18. Two Kinds of Definers
- 20. Primary Definers Secondary Definers Set the limit of discussion by framing what the problem is e.g. politicians, employers, police, experts Choose what to report on public
- 21. Power
- 22. Power Journalists retain the power to: … choose between sources … include or exclude certain perspectives
- 23. Where does news come from?
- 24. Academic Journals Adverts Airports Ambulance and Fire Brigade Service Anniversaries Armed forces
- 25. Art Groups Campaigns Chambers of Commerce and/or Trade Charities Colleagues Consumer Groups
- 26. Council Departments Court Hearings Cuttings or Diaries Email Lists Entertainment industry Eyes and Ears