News Values

What is the best definition of timeliness?

• It is close by

• It is new updated information

• It is helpful information to know

• It affects many people

Which defines proximity?

• a battle between forces

• up to date information

• it's close by

• many people are impacted

This picture best demonstrates

• proximity

• conflict

• prominence

• novelty

This news value is the "news today, not tomorrow," value.

• proximity
• timeliness
• consequence
• human interest

People who live in Debary care about Debary, but people who live in Georgia care less because they do not have....

• prominence 
• timeliness
• human interest
• proximity

Many news stories are read because they have a huge impact on their readers, or high ___________. 

• consequence
• proximity
• conflict
• currency

Celebrities make the news over small things because of the ______ news value

• prominence
• currency 
• human interest
• novelty

Fights on campus are not usually reported, but kids like to hear about them because of this news value. 

• conflict
• human interest
• currency
• consequence

Stories that tug at your heart strings are related to 

• prominence
• proximity
• human interest
• currency

Some topics are only interesting because everyone is talking about them in this news value. 

• currency
• human interest
• proximity
• prominence