Summary COMMUNICATION :RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS PRODUCTION

WHAT IS NEWS? The universality of the term does not allow a single definition to convey the meaning covering all the aspects coming under the umbrella of the “NEWS”. Defining the word some of the experts went as under: An account of an event. A fact that interests people. A presentation of a report on current event. Anything that people want to know about. An Accurate and timely intelligence of Happenings, Discoveries, Opinions, Inventions and matters of any sort that affect or interest the listener. Anything that is timely that interest a number of listeners, and the best news is that which has the greatest interest for the greatest number of people. A presentation of a report on current events in a newspaper or on radio or on television. MEASURING THE IMPORTANCE OF NEWS A constant and specialized kind of training enables reporters to draw a line of demarcation between an ordinary event and a newsworthy event. They come to know what incident, statement, portion of speech, or an activity of a renowned actor is to be treated as news and given space in the news bulletin. After having enough material that