Breaking news
The Breaking News ( english breaking news , in Austria also Hasten message ) is a journalistic message that such a high relevance has that a regular news broadcast in radio and television can not wait, but the current program to be interrupted.
General
In journalism , decisions are made, among other things, according to the order in which certain reports are placed in the news on radio and television ( principle of the inverted pyramid ); their order is determined by their level of urgency. Has a message such a prominent priority must be decided in the editors, whether they appear in the regular messages as lead story is presented or interrupted the running program.
Journalistic reports are classified according to urgency levels . The lightning notification , which is only used for extremely important events, has the highest level of urgency . Breaking news are also used to correct false reports .
priority
The breaking news is a message of priority character and is characterized by an increased message value. The breaking news is often based on natural disasters , outbreaks of war , terrorist attacks or other surprising events of great importance. The news agencies are usually the first to declare a breaking news item. It starts with just a few sentences, additions are available after a few minutes, and it takes half an hour to get an initial overview of the event. Breaking news is the most up-to-date in terms of news value, because the event is often not yet over while the breaking news is being broadcast. Such early reporting is still fraught with informational uncertainties, as it is often difficult to do extensive research on site in order to secure the reports and to recognize the extent of an incident occurring at the same time. In these cases, the radio and television editorial offices decide to interrupt the current program. The print media have to decide whether to publish and distribute a special edition . Internet offshoots of newspapers also point out unexpected events.
Types of interruption
If the decision to send the report has been made, there is no alternative on radio. The current program is interrupted here. On television there is the option of not interrupting the current program, but rather broadcasting the breaking news with a ticker as an insert during a current program at the bottom of the screen. The treadmill is a form of display for short messages that enable permanent updating. If the breaking news is most relevant, the current television broadcast is interrupted. A special form of breaking news during the Second World War were military successes, which the Großdeutsche Rundfunk broadcast as a special message .
News channels (for example CNN , Welt and n-tv ) work with breaking news. In order to make these identifiable, these - and other - transmitters use the following stylistic devices:
- special melodies
- special animations
- Ticker displays
- Crawl title
criticism
A movement that deliberately opposes breaking news is called decelerated journalism . It is based on the idea that breaking news stands in the way of well-researched background information.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH informs", No. 3, September 2009 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Page 24, PDF
- ↑ German daily newspapers, How do news agencies work?
- ↑ Torsten Schaletzke, capital report of the private information broadcaster FAZ Business-Radio , 2003, p. 26
- ^ Journalistic practice on breaking news
- ↑ Joachim Westerbarkey, EndZeitKommunikation , 2010, p. 218
- ↑ Le Masurier, Megan (2015): What is Slow Journalism? In: Journalism Practice. 9 (2): 138-152. doi: 10.1080 / 17512786.2014.916471
