News writing is an art form that the average person may think they have an idea about, but in all actuality they are probably pretty far off. A reporter, or news writer, is a person who examines the world around them and communicates the timely, worthy, and accurate facts that people need or want to know. There are different types of news writing, whether it be politics, economics, art, or sports, all are relevant topics that people care about and also want to know more about.
Personally, I want to be involved in the sports section of news writing. I love sports and I have a passion for knowing as much about my favorite sports as possible. The term "news" can be considered as broad if one does not cut it down to be a little more specific. News is the timely, accurate, worthy, and important facts about various subjects that are necessary for the public to be aware of. As I said earlier, whether it be world news, political news, economic news, or sports news, each one of those topics is important to different groups, which makes them all relevant.
My personal definition of the news probably relates more to me than the definition of news I have received in school. My definition of news is the information and facts that I want to learn more about and read about. Although that is not an accurate definition, it is the one I apply to myself. If you ask different people their definitions of news you would get a variety of answers. That is why I think that it is not the definition of news that is changing, it is the public's idea of what news actually is that is changing. There is always something new that needs to be reported. As the world progresses in science, technology, medicine, and sports, the news itself must also progress right along with them. That means the definition of what news is will always be changing.
I cannot remember all of the qualities of news that I have been told before, but I can say that a couple of them are timeliness, accurate, worthiness (newsworthy), and truthful. I don't have the foggiest idea about the rest of them, but I will have the answer by the end of the semester. If I could throw one quality into that list that I know is not on there it would be balanced. Many times certain news writers fall into the trap of not being objective and it comes out in their reports.
When it comes to the actual news reporter, their is a list of qualities that they must posses in their reports in order to be successful in their jobs. Their writing style needs to be quality work, with a list of attributes to follow. The list is accuracy, attribution, completeness, balance and fairness, objectivity, brevity and focus, and well-written. If a reporter follows those rules, they will have a much better chance at being successful and achieving their goals in the journalism field. This is what I know starting out. Stay tuned for the rest of the story...
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