8 News Values

Which news value refers to the shock or “wow” factor of a news story and generally requires a story to affect a large group in a large way?

• Timeliness

• Breaking News

• Impact

• Proximity

Which news value includes how many & how seriously, but can also be measured by depth of pain, shock or how “out of character” or “unexpected” something might be?

• Weight

• Prominence

• Novelty

• Usefulness

Which news value is newsworthy because two or more people, entities, groups or teams are opposing one another?

• Weight

• Proximity

• Conflict

• Novelty

Which news value is information that the public needs to navigate the world?

• Novelty

• Conflict

• Tidbit

• Usefulness

Which news value refers to harder-hitting stories and important developments in a story that would lose their newsworthiness if not reported as soon as possible?

• Immediacy

• Timeliness

• Novelty

• Weight

Which news value applies to the people a news story is about? If the people are well-known, then the news story is deemed newsworthy.

• Conflict

• Celebrity

• Weight

• Prominence

Which news value means the story is intriguing or has an interesting spin to it, not something you hear of everyday?

• Proximity

• Usefulness

• Conflict

• Novelty

Which news value refers to the physical or emotional closeness of a news story to a media outlet’s audience?

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Impact

• Neighboring

Which news value is demonstrated by this headline?

Which news value is this front page an example of?