Deck 7: News Close to Home: Editing Local and Community Media

Question 1

Our concept of community has expanded with the emergence of blogs and digital media beyond a ___ place to a state of mind.

Answer 1

geographic

Question 2

The practice of ___ can blur the line between the principles of detachment and balance on the one hand and committed public service on the other.

Answer 2

civic journalism

Question 3

The economics of circulation and marketing, crucial in small, local news organizations, can clash with a commitment to ___.

Answer 3

fairness

Question 4

"News you can use" stories often offer ___ of information used to give information such as contact information, addresses, schedules, instructions or prices.

Question 5

Smart local editors create ___ for readers, inviting them to participate in stories as they develop and after they are published.

Question 6

Local editors are sometimes bombarded with press releases, which are problematic because they are often ___.

Question 7

___ problems are magnified at the local level, partly because readers have intimate knowledge of the area.

Question 8

Some local websites have content produced by unpaid amateurs, known as ___, who help collect and report the news.

Question 9

___ news refers to local-only news, often provided by a web news organization.

Question 10

Letting community coverage linger on ___ de-emphasizes the possibility of compromise and reconciliation, and plays up the most superficial and divisive aspect of an issues as the real news.

Question 11

___ news refers to local-only news, often provided by a web news organization.

Question 12

Letting community coverage linger on ___ de-emphasizes the possibility of compromise and reconciliation, and plays up the most superficial and divisive aspect of an issues as the real news.

Question 13

The practice of ___ can blur the line between the principles of detachment and balance on the one hand and committed public service on the other.

Question 14

The economics of circulation and marketing, crucial in small, local news organizations, can clash with a commitment to ___.

Question 15

"News you can use" stories often offer ___ of information used to give information such as contact information, addresses, schedules, instructions or prices.

Question 16

Smart local editors create ___ for readers, inviting them to participate in stories as they develop and after they are published.

Question 17

Local editors are sometimes bombarded with press releases, which are problematic because they are often ___.

Question 18

___ problems are magnified at the local level, partly because readers have intimate knowledge of the area.

Question 19

Some local websites have content produced by unpaid amateurs, known as ___, who help collect and report the news.

Question 20

Our concept of community has expanded with the emergence of blogs and digital media beyond a ___ place to a state of mind.