THE NEWS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: GOING BEYOND THE 5WS AND 1H

KEY TOPICS ◾ Identifying news and recognizing the story (the news development process) ◾ Discipline of verification as the essence of journalism LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completing this unit, teachers will be able to: ◾ describe the process of how the news story is developed from story idea to data gathering to news writing ◾ understand the core principles of the discipline of verification, as distinguished from the journalism of assertion, and how they are applied to the news development process ◾ analyze how news reports can apply the techniques of verification to fulfil the journalistic standard of truthfulness and accuracy ◾ understand and describe the relationship among journalists, news sources, senior editors and media owners