What Makes It News?

These are the qualities that determine whether or not something makes a good news story.

• News money

• News values

• Facts

• Opinions

Which news value focuses on how what emotions the audience will feel when reading the story.

• Conflict

• Novelty

• Human interest

• Proximity

Which news value looks at how recently something happened?

• Prominence

• Proximity

• Impact

• Timeliness

Which news value involves how well-known people in the story are?

• Prominence

• Proximity

• Novelty

• Currency

Which news value involves how much the lives of the audience are affected?

• Conflict

• Impact

• Human interest

• Proximity

Which news value involves people that have different opinions or "drama"?

• Impact

• Prominence

• Currency

• Conflict

Which value is focused on determining how unique a story is to the audience?

• Novelty

• Human interest

• Impact

• Timeliness

Which news value how close the story is to the audience?

• Conflict

• Prominence

• Human interest

• Proximity

Which news value refers to something that lots of people are talking about?

• Currency

• Conflict

• Popularity

• Prominence

Using the news values to determine how to cover a story (or not to cover it at all) is called ______?

• Breaking news

• News puzzle

• News budget

• News judgement