Unit 3: News Values & Story Ideas

There are seven ____. These are the qualities that make a story newsworthy.

• Ideas

• Reporting Strategies

• Stories

• News Values

An online publication has an advantage over a monthly newspaper when it comes to the potential for publishing stories with strong ____.

• Timeliness

• Prominence

• Conflict

• Impact

The News Value Impact explains ___

• Will the audience know the people in the story?

• When the event happened?

• Will the audience connect with the story?

• How does the story affect the lives of the audience?

A story about a law student who spends his summers working at a ranch is strong on the news value of ____.

• Proximity

• Oddity

• Conflict

• Impact

The ____ system has a reporter who regularly checks in with the Student Government President and the faculty advisor for generating story ideas.

• Beat

• Pitch

• News Cycle

• Scoop

Discussing news values helps a journalism staff choose which stories to publish.

• True

• False

A person who is very well known has a high degree of prominence.

• True

• False

A story of a mother who lost her son and creates a homeless shelter would be a good candidate for a story strong on ____.

• Proximity

• Impact

• Human Interest

• Compassion

Sports are ready sources of the news value impact because they involve concepts such as rivalry, contest, battle and victory.

• True

• False

In most journalism staffs, reporters are always responsible for generating story ideas.

• True

• False