RESEARCH CHECKLIST

Task 1 Research Checklist

RED - NOT DONE

GREEN - DONE

ORANGE - NEARLY DONE

·      Bowling for Columbine notes

o  Identify documentary modes (expository, observational etc)

·      Bias in the New notes

o  How bias is created through selection, headline, caption etc

·      Mind map of VTs with selection, assigned to group members and breakdown of main interest, interviewees and duration

·      5 W’s of Journalism worksheet

·      Identify 5 Ws in articles identifying  use

·      Inverted Pyramid with example of it being applied

·      30 – 50 word lead for a news item you are covering

·      Identifying research types, methods and sources of research

·      Purposes of researching notes

·      Researching the news

o  Primary research

§  Interviews, surveys, questionnaires, observations, focus groups etc

o  Secondary research

§  Internet articles, videos, audio, books, magazines, journals

o  Audience research

§  Demographics, audience classification(socio-economic, age, gender, occupation, education), media preferences, buying/consumption patterns

o  Market research

§  Product market, competition, competitor analysis

o  Production research

§  Content, resources (personnel, equipment, set up, cost, viability)

·      Interpret results – collate research, evaluate and summarise the research that you have