Type of Media
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Print
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TV
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Radio
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Timeline
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Usually daily
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Usually daily, even hourly with late-breaking news
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Usually daily for news, but varies
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Who to contact about stories
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Reporter assigned to cover local schools, otherwise an editor
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Assignment desk editors route incoming news releases and decide who, if anyone, will cover a given story
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Assignment editor decides whether a local station will cover a story and who will cover it
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Length
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Varies from a news brief (a few paragraphs) to a feature story (which can be several thousand words)
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Typically less than a minute or two long
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Very brief, often less than a minute or two
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Important Notes
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Emphasize newsworthiness, such as local angles on national trends, "new" information, conflict, etc.
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Must have images to go along with news
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Typically do not gather their own news, but report from other news sources
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