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 SIX DEFINITIONS OF NEWS, FROM DIFFERENT TITLE OF BOOKS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.

1. Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, defines news as “anything that will make people talk”.
Title of Book: NEWS WRITING, THIRD EDITION.
Author: GEORGE A. HOUGH 3RD.
Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY.

2. News is whatever is going to affect people. It is about change, imminent or actual.
Title of Book: HOW TO HANDLE MEDIA INTERVIEWS.
Author: ANDREW BOYD.
Publisher: MERCURY BOOKS.

3. News is defined as timely information of interest to many people, usually concerning events that have just occurred or are about to occur.
Title of Book: JOURNALISM.
Author: NORMAN B.MOYES.
Publisher: GINN AND COMPANY.

4. News is information people need to make sound decisions about their lives.
Title o0f Book: NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING, FIFTH EDITION.
Author: MELVIN MENCHER.
Publisher: Wm. C. BROWN PUBLISHERS.

5. News; new information that interests and affects people.
Title of Book: THE WORK OF THE TELEVISION JOURNALIST.
Author: ROBERT TYRRELL.
Publisher: FOCAL PRESS.

6. News can be defined as “(1) The significant, or (2) the sentimental - anything that affects or interests.
Title of Book: AN ETHICS OF NEWS.
Author: WESLEY G. PIPPERT.
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PREES.


 TWO DEFINITIONS OF JOURNALISM, FROM DIFFERENT TITLE OF BOOKS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.

1. The collecting, writing, editing and dissemination of news material is called journalism.
Title of Book: JOURNALISM.
Author: NORMAN B. MOYES.
Publisher: GINN AND COMPANY.

2. Journalism as “the trade, technique or profession or reporting news for public by various means”.
Title of Book: NEWS WRITING THIRD EDITION.
Author: GEORGE A. HOUGH 3RD.
Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY.