News Reporter (China) flashcards

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Institutional framework

The stated organization of professional principles and responsibilities within a particular media system, which should not be transferred automatically to another jurisdiction.

Media convergence

Coordinated gathering, production and distribution across channels while preserving the distinct verification and editorial requirements of each final output.

Public-service orientation

Attention to relevant audience needs and supported useful information, without treating a preferred message as permission to invent factual details.

Editorial responsibility

Accountability for selection, checking and presentation of content, which remains necessary when technology or several production teams are involved.

Primary source

An original record or relevant direct witness assessed for provenance, opportunity to know, reliability and the particular claim being examined.

Corroboration

Comparison with genuinely independent relevant evidence, rather than a simple count of repeated reports with one shared unverified origin.

Attribution

Identification of the source and status of a claim so the audience can distinguish reported assertion from established direct evidence.

Interview ground rules

The actual advance agreement about recording, use and identification, which must be clarified rather than inferred from an ambiguous label.

Summary lead

An opening that gives the central verified development promptly while choosing the essential details appropriate to that specific report.

Nut graph

A theme paragraph explaining the larger relevance of a feature opening, connecting the individual example with the broader reporting question.

Caption

Text supplying relevant identity, time, location and context for an image without claiming that the image itself establishes unseen facts.

Denominator

The reference quantity for a ratio or rate, whose definition and changes must be checked before comparing numerical results.

Reasonable verification

A context-sensitive legal and professional assessment of checking a claim, not an automatic safe harbor from counting two sources.

Portrait interest

A person’s legally protected interest in their likeness, distinct from every separate issue of reputation, privacy and personal-information handling.

Correction trail

A suitable record of the error, verified replacement and affected outputs, preserving accountability beyond a silent change to one version.

Synthetic-content disclosure

Identification and handling required by the applicable generated-media rules, which does not by itself validate facts or clear third-party rights.

Institutional chronology

A supported sequence of events such as establishment, renaming and reorganization, with each event distinguished from other possible milestones.

Agenda setting

A communication model concerning the salience of issues rather than a guarantee that media mechanically determines every audience opinion.

Gatekeeping

The selection and presentation processes through which information becomes news, including human, organizational and relevant technological influences.

Surviving evidence

Material currently available for examination, whose earliest known date does not automatically prove the absence of any earlier production.

Cue

A planned introduction or production signal connecting the presenter with a report, recorded excerpt or next agreed program element.

News package

A self-contained edited report combining appropriate narration, interviews and related visual or sound material under a coherent editorial plan.

Natural sound

Authentic relevant location audio used with accurate context, rather than unrelated archive sound falsely presented as evidence from the scene.

Contingency plan

An agreed response to disruption specifying appropriate backup, holding and coordination choices rather than unverified improvisation to fill airtime.