finding news where it lives

FINDING NEWSWHERE IT LIVES

NEWSPAPERS

Newspapers are the oldest and,

generally, the most trusted

source of news. Newspapers

employ the most reporters of

any of the media and provide

the most in-depth coverage.

DAILY NEWSPAPERS

Most cities over 25,000 in

population have a daily

newspaper. Most dailies

are “morning papers,” whose

primary coverage area is their

home town.

WEEKLYNEWSPAPERS

Smaller towns often have weekly

newspapers. They focus 100 percent on local

coverage and often do not subscribe to wire

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MONTHLYNEWSPAPERSMonthly papers are

often entertainment-

based papers. They are

normally distributed for

free and are supported

entirely by ad sales

revenue.

NEWSMAGAZINESTime Magazine is the last remaining news magazine in print. It has a circulation of 25 million. It provides an in-depth look at the major news stories of the week.

SPECIALTYMAGAZINESThere are countless specialty,

or specialized, magazines

that provide news to a

specific group of people: such

as computer users,

skateboarders, gardeners,

etc., etc.

NON-FICTIONBOOKSMore and more journalists and

writers are writing non-fiction books

about current events to provide an

incredibly in-depth look at the cause

and effect of a wide range of topics.

These take months of research and

100s of interviews.

THE BIG NETWORKSABC, NBC and CBS are the three top networks.

Fox has joined their ranks. The Big Three

networks focus primarily on entertainment, but

each has a news division that produces the

nightly news and a variety of news magazines

and special coverage of events. The broadcast

news tries to be fair and

impartial. Each of the major network

have 100s of local affiliates around the

country that provide local news broadcasts,

usually at 5 and 10 p.m.

CABLE NEWSIn the last 15 years cable news has become a

driving force in news coverage because they

are on the air 24/7. The big cable news

networks are FOX, MSNBC, and CNN. Cable

news is dominated talk shows and interview

formats that are often biased to one side or

another and oftentimes do not

present the news accurately.

FAKE NEWSThe “Fake News” popularized by Saturday Night

Live has found a home on Comedy Central with

the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Colbert

Report with Stephen Colbert. Researchers

found that a lot of young people actually get

their news from these shows.

THE BBCThe venerated British Broadcasting

Corporation, which is usually known more

simply as the BBC, began on the radio years

ago and has since

moved to television and the

Internet. Based in England,

it is the world’s largest

broadcasting corporation

with 23,000 employees,

an annual budget of more

than $8 billion and hundreds

of reporters around the world.

PUBLIC BROADCASTINGIn the United Stated there is a publicly funded television network and a publicly funded radio network. Each provides extensive news coverage.

In addition to their nightly news, ABC,

NBC and CBS also have television news

magazines — half hour or hour long

broadcasts that either focus on one

subject with more depth, or three or

four segments. CBS’ 60 Minutes is

the granddaddy of television

news magazines.

TELEVISIONNEWS MAGAZINES

Univision is the largest Spanish language television network in the country. Telemundo is the second largest. Both reach Hispanics in the U.S., Puerto Rico and in Mexico

SPANISH LANGUAGETELEVISION

AL JAZEERAAl Jazeera means "The Island." It is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar. It was launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel. It has since expanded intoa network with several outlets, including the Internet and several TV channelsin many languages accessiblearound the world.

NEWSPAPERS

All newspapers have web sites that

provide not only what is in their

printed versions, but much more in

terms of more news, more photos,

interactive features, video and

additional advertising revenue.

BROADCASTThe same is true for television networks

and local television news shows. In

addition to video, they also post written

news articles, archive material,

interactive

graphics, and

actually much,

much more

than what you

find on their

Television

newscasts.

ONLY ON THE WEBSalon.com and Slate.com are two of the

pioneering web-based publications. That

is to say they do not have a print

version, they are 100% on line. Some

newspapers have stopped printing and

moved to the web, such as The Christian

Science Monitor and the New Orleans

Times Picayune.

ONLY ON THE WEBCurrent TV is a new,progressive media outletfound only on the web.It was started byformer Vice PresidentAl Gore. On January of 2013, Al Jazeera purchased Current TV,retained its off-air staff and launched a new channel called Al Jazeera America.

WEB PORTALSYahoo, Google, MSN and virtually all

other web portals provide extensive

news coverage. Few, if any, actually

have reporters on staff to gather news,

but they provide articles and photos

from news services.

YOUTUBEYouTube, home to millions

of videos on everything from music

videos to people doing stupid stuff just

to get attention, is actually an incredibly

important venue for news. Video clips —

both from national news sources and

average people — provide real

information worldwide.

SOCIAL MEDIATwitter is a recent addition to the news

world where newsmakers, politicians

and celebrities Tweet their thoughts that

are then fodder for news articles.

Everyday citizens use Twitter to report

on what they see around them.

Facebook is also used by newsmakers to

post information, and people around the

world use Facebook to post information.

BLOGOSPHEREWeb logs, or Blogs, are relatively new to

the scene. Established journalists and

average people set up blogs to opine

about whatever their hearts desire.

Some blogs, such as www.dailykos.com

become influential and can actually

drive the news cycle.

PODCASTS& EMAIL ALERTSMost news sources provide Podcasts, where short clips can be

downloaded to your smartphone to view and share. This is just

one new example of how the availability of news over the

Internet is growing and taking advantage of new technologies.

Most major news sources also provide free e-mail alerts to your

computer or cell phone to keep you up-to-date on news you want

to follow.