NEWS VALUES TEST_2025

If news affects a reader or viewer's life, it has the news value of:

• human interest

• impact

• prominence

• proximity

News value increases when an event is near the readers. This news value is referred to as:

• proximity

• prominence

• impact

• currency

Leaders and people who are well-known are more newsworthy than others. This new value is referred to as:

• impact

• human interest

• prominence

• currency

News loses its value as it ages. This news value is referred to as:

• human interest

• timeliness

• currency

• impact

An Academy Award-winning actress sues her husband for divorce. News outlets would cover this story because of the news value of:

• impact

• human interest

• currency

• prominence

Stories that have an emotional appeal for the viewer or reader demonstrate the news value of:

• timeliness

• currency

• human interest

• impact

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

• prominence

• conflict

• proximity

• human interest

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

• impacy

• human interest

• conflict

• currency

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?

• conflict

• currency

• timeliness

• impacy

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

• conflict

• impact

• oddity

• consequence