8 News Values

Which ONE OF THESE in NOT a commonly recognized news value?

• Proximity

• Accuracy

• Timeliness

• Impact

Which news value would be applied to determine the importance of an event that happens close to home?

• Weight

• Timeliness

• Novelty

• Proximity

Which news value would be used to determine the relative importance of these two events - an accident where three people are injured or an accident where one person is killed?

• Weight

• Prominence

• Impact

• Timeliness

Weather reports, calendar items and consumer prices fall within which one of these news values?

• Proximity

• Impact

• Novelty

• Usefulness

A presidential election debate would fall within which of these news values?

• Novelty

• Conflict

• Usefulness

• Prominence

News about a famous NFL player who was arrested for assault would fall into which of these news values?

• Timeliness

• Novelty

• Prominence

• Impact

Which of these is NOT a news principle that governs ethical conduct?

• Usefulness

• Independence

• Relevance

• Verification

Based on the number of news values, which one of these news stories would most likely be placed on the front page or home page of a news report in your community?

• Dangerously high temperatures are predicted for your community this week.

• A tornado in Massachusetts killed three people in two separate towns yesterday.

• A local elementary school celebrates its 100th anniversary today.

• Two soldiers from your area, including the son of a prominent businessman and his wife, were killed last week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

Based on the number of news values, which one of these news stories would most likely be placed on the front or home page of a news report in your community?

• Hundreds of brown recluse spiders invaded a home in your area last week.

• A federal appeals court overturns a regulation today aimed at limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants and other large sources in 28 states, including yours.

• A basketball player on your school's team is killed today in a car crash.

• A cholera epidemic swept through West Africa slums this week.

Based on the number of news values, which one of these news stories would most likely be placed on the front page or home page of a news report in your community?

• This is likely to be the worst year on record for forest fires in the US, a government report announced today.

• The state health board approves a new 200-bed hospital for your community today.

• Nearly 50 percent of Swedish teenagers think cancer is contagious, and only 1 percent know about the vaccination for cervical cancer, according to a new study published last month.

• New medical drugs have been discovered to help people diagnosed with skin cancer.