What is Newsworthy?

What is Newsworthy?

What is news?

How do journalists decide what stories are newsworthy and worth reporting?

How do the characteristics of newsworthiness mean different things to different audiences?

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Questions

Help students understand the concept of audience

Help students determine what makes a topic engaging and valuable to an audience

Help students understand how news organizations determine newsworthiness and choose stories

Career readiness: critical thinking and clear communication to different audiences

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Outcomes

Multiple Choice

Where do you find newsworthy stories?

• Social media such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

• Television station such as KGNS

• Newspaper publication such LMT

• All of the above

Open Ended

What makes a story newsworthy or relevant?

Sporting event

Parent Meetings

​​Pep Rally

Where else could you search for a newsworthy story about our school?

Open Ended

What are the basic elements of information gathering to determine if the news story has them all?

(Also known as the 5 W's)