News Editing and Editorial Writing 1.pptVIP

Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, be it publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other type of communication. Kurt Lewin coined the phrase gatekeeping, it was first applied to the study of news by one of his assistants, David Manning White. David Manning White. In a 1950 study he examined copy submitted to a small city daily newspaper during a one week period in 1949. The editor of the newspaper provided information on why stories were rejected. White found the decision making process to be highly subjective. Gatekeeper: Journalist, editor, Exercise Which one will make the headline news? Order the news story according to their news value. Managing Editor: Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the newspaper and making sure that all the department of the editorial side are functioning and contributing to the content of the paper in the appropriate ways. One of the main functions: run the two daily meetings. Section editors: city, national and international, sports, features (sometimes called Lifestyles, arts and entertainment, etc.) Copy desk: read stories as they are written and check for technical, factual, and writing errors. Photo desk: the head, photo editor attends news meetings and makes photo assignments based on what he or she hears at the meetings, requests that section editors makes, and what the photographers on the desk may report themselves. 新闻报道的定位 媒体因素： 纽约时报 “Flagship” Nicknamed “the Old Gray Lady”, and long regarded within the industry as a national “newspaper of record.“ The papers motto, printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is All the News Thats Fit to Print. 媒体层级： level 媒体物质条件： Resources 传播时间：Circulation Time 2003年，《东方早报》提出“新主流日报”的概念，要创办一份既不同于传统党报，又明显区分于晚报和都市报的新型严肃大报，它将面向知识层次、收入水平均属于中等以上的社会主流人群，为他们提供客观、理性、严肃的新闻产品。为了与“新主流日报”的定位相匹配，在形式上，选择对开大报，以区别于通常被认为“便于阅读”的四开晚报和都市报；在售价上，“东早”将报纸零售价格定为1元，明显高于普遍定价5角的都市报。 News Editing and Editorial Writing 新闻编辑的特性 主导型工作：报道定位，报道