News values

Select the news values from the options below

• Impact

• Lettuce

• Timeliness

• Coffee

• Prominence

Whats so important about weight news?

• People want to know how many pounds you weigh

• People want to know what could affect them as it affects others

• People want to know if a famous person is in the article

What is timeliness?

• News that is printed in a timely manner

• Awesome news

• I have no idea

Example of Timeliness in News

• Barack Obama becomes President

• Hurricane Laura

• Aizaiah is related to Frank

What news value is this story headline "Thousands of residents had to flee Texas and Louisiana, due to the Category 4 Hurricane coming their way"?

• Impact

• Conflict

• Timeliness

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

• Weight

• Proximity

• Conflict

• Novelty

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

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Impact

• Neighboring