Courtney Roberson
MM 2003- Reporting/Writing for the Mass Media
Dr. Reppert
09-05-2021
Defining News
According to Oxford.com, the definition of news is "newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events." This definition is used whenever news is being spread from person to person. Another definition of news is "a broadcast or published report of news." This definition of news is shown on TV or can be published on websites. Local News is covers events that happens in a local area. The Local News station for Magnolia is the Magnolia Reporter. The Magnolia Reporter also covers Lafayette, Nevada, Ouachita, and Union County. Regional News covers events that relate to a particular area in the country or the world. National news is reporting news around the country through traditional and news formats. Examples of some National News stations are Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC. World News cover news from abroad about a country or global section. World News also covers foreign news. Political News covers things going on in the government and gives election updates when it is time for another election. Entertainment News, which is my personal favorite, covers the things that go on with celebrities whether it's good or bad. The main sources of celebrity news are TMZ and Extra. Sports news covers the many types of sports that are played through out the world. There can be specific sports channel for certain sports like football. Examples of Sports News Channels are ESPN, Fox Sports 2, Tennis Channel, and the NFL Network. There are many types of places to get news from the TV to the radio, to the Newspaper.
Personally I do not like watching the news. It is depressing. The news stations always play the sad news. My parents it a lot when I was younger mainly watched Fox 4 News. I only watched it with them to see the celebrity birthdays and the puppies they would sometimes have. I still don't like the news. If I need to know the weather, I could look it up on my phone plus there are apps now that tell you the news and events that are happening. My grandparents always watch the news. I don't understand why they do. Maybe to stay in the loop of things. They even listen to it on the radio in the car. It is always CNN. I just put my headphones in when I am in the car now. I could aso get knows from my school. We used to watch CNN 10 and it gave us big news updates. Buzzfeed also gives news updates so I use that also. There are many alternate ways to get the news information I need without having to know the depressing things.
Fox News is one of the most popular news channels. They has 1.2 million views. CNN is another popular news channel. They have 191,000 views. MSNBC is another popular news channel it has 163,00 views. News channels or websites are the main source to get news today. Newspapers used to be the main source but the world has evolved to bigger things. People who mainly watch the news are in between the ages of 25-54. Entertainment News and TMZ always has the latest news about celebrities. It is specified for celebrities and younger people use these websites more than the watch regular news because it is more relative to them and their generation. Men mainly watch sports news and listens to sports radio stations in order to get the latest news about their favorite sports. They are many news outlets that are specified for certain groups of people.
I personally don't have a feel for the news because the depressing parts are naturally played the most. I rather use news websites or apps to get the information I need or to just get the latest gossip. If I want to find out about anything going on in the world, there are enough news outlets to get me that information.
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