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Joernalistiek Journalism

Carla van Niekerk 26 Maart / March 2009

Wat is nuus? What is news?

Nuuskriteria criteria  ’n

Johannesburgse sakeman is twee maande gelede in sy oprit geskiet terwyl sy vrou en kinders moes toekyk

/ News A

Johannesburg businessman was shot in his driveway two months ago while his wife and children had to watch

Tydigheid Timeliness  Lesers

wil weet wat nóú gebeur – nie ’n week terug nie  Dieselfde geld vir toekomstige gebeure – hoe nader dit aan die publikasiedatum plaasvind, hoe meer nuuswaarde het dit  Nuwe angles of onthullings kan ’n ou storie weer tydig maak

/  Readers

wants to know what happens now  The same applies to future events – an event is more newsworthy the closer it happens to the publication date  New angles or disclosures can make an old story timely again

Nuuskriteria criteria  Die

Hollywood-akteur Matt Damon gaan die rol van Francois Pienaar, Springbokkaptein van die Wêreldbeker-span in 1995, vertolk in The human factor

/ News  The

Hollywood actor Matt Damon will play the part of the 1995 World Champion Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar, in The human factor

Prominensie Prominence  Gebeure

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waaroor berig  Events which are word moet prominent covered must be genoeg wees om prominent enough to lesers se belangstelling grip readers’ attention te wek  Politicians, actors,  Politici, filmsterre, singers or any sangers of enige prominent person prominente persoon ensures news maak stories ook is worthiness nuuswaardig

Nuuskriteria criteria  ’n

/ News

Puk-student is vroeg  A student of the gisteroggend dood toe Pukcampus died early sy teen ’n aankomende yesterday morning vragmotor gebots het when she crashed into an approaching truck

Proksimiteit Proximity  ’n

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Gebeurtenis is meer  An event is more nuuswaardig wanneer newsworthy when it dit naby aan jou happens close to you gebeur  An event which  Indien ’n plaaslike happens far away, persoon egter by ’n geographically gebeurtenis betrokke speaking, is also is wat geografies newsworthy if a local gesproke ver van jou af person is involved plaasvind, is dit ook nuuswaardig

Nuuskriteria: criteria: Gevolg  Gebeure

of uitsprake wat lesers direk beïnvloed het meer nuuswaarde  M.a.w. : Verander dit status quo of kan dit in die toekoms? Raak dit jou sak? Sal dit jou gesondheid of welstand beïnvloed?  Hoe groter die impak op lesers, hoe meer nuuswaardig

News  Events

or statements are more newsworthy if it influences readers directly  I.e. : Does it change the status quo? Will it cost you money? Will it influence your health or wellbeing?  The greater the impact on the readers, the more newsworthy it is

Nuuskriteria: criteria: Omvang  Die

skaal waarop die gebeure plaasvind beïnvloed die nuuswaarde

News Magnitude  The

scale of the events influences the newsworthiness

Nuuskriteria: News criteria: Buitengewoon  Eienaardige

of vreemde gebeure is nuuswaardig omdat dit juis nie die normale is nie

 Unusual

or strange events are newsworthy for the reason that they are not normal

Nuuskriteria: News criteria: Menslike belang  Mense

hou daarvan om  People like reading oor mense te lees – about people – they hulle raak emosioneel get emotionally betrokke by berigte involved in these hieroor stories  Human interest stories  Human interest stories ontlok ook humor, also elicit humor, simpatie, woede, ens. sympathy, rage, etc.  Uiteindelik wil jy hê  Ultimately, you want publiek moet stories people to read the lees articles

Definisie

Iets is dus nuus wanneer dit:  Pas gebeur het  Prominent is of prominente persone betrokke is  Naby aan jou gebeur het  Belangrike gevolge inhou  Omvangryk is  Buitengewoon is  ’n Menslike dimensie

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Something is news when it:  Just happened  Is prominent or involve prominent people  Happened close to you  Has important consequences  Is of a big magnitude  Is odd or unusual  Has a human interest aspect

Nuusseleksie / News selection  Nuus

nie altyd nuuswaardig  Nuus word uitgekies deur hekwagtersfunksie  Ook beïnvloed deur: beskikbare ruimte, beskikbaarheid van nuus, ander publikasies, geldelike kwessies  Is nuus dit wat daagliks gepubliseer of uitgesaai word?

 News

not always newsworthy  News selected through gatekeeper function  Also influenced by: space available news available other publications financial issues  Is news that what is published or broadcasted daily?

Identifiseer nuuskriteria Pas gebeur  Dit is belangrike gebeure – raak duisende mense  Gebeur naby aan lesers  Hou gevolge in vir lesers se veiligheid, BRT, ekomoniese implikasies, Wêreldbekersokkertoernooi  Omvangryk – 4 000 bestuurders, groot dele in en om stad geraak  Buitengewoon – mense 

Just happened  Important events – affects thousands of people  Happened close to home  Consequences for readers’ safety, BRT, economic implications, World Cup  Magnitude – 4 000 drivers involved, large parts in and around city involved  Unusual – people with 