Types & Elements of News Assessment

Which of these is NOT a TYPE of news?

• Soft

• Prominence

• Enterprise

• Breaking

Beyonce drops a new album.

Which type of news does this fall under?

• Soft

• Hard

• Breaking

• Enterprise

Shots have been fired in an elementary school. 5 casualties have been reported so far.

Which type of news is this?

• Enterprise

• Hard

• Breaking

• Soft

Why You Keep Having the Same Dream

Which type of news is this?

• Enterprise

• Soft

• Hard

• Breaking

3 Men Have Been Arrested in Connection With a Double Homicide in Columbia, SC

Which type of news would this be?

• Breaking

• Enterprise

• Soft

• Hard

Element achieved by emphasizing the most recent development?

• Immediacy

• Prominence

• Unusualness

• Progress

Most common element, included in stories that have a person/people opposed to something else.

• Conflict

• Consequence

• Sex

• Proximity

Element included with stories concerning topics specifically interesting to its target audience

• Oddity

• Timeliness

• Nearness

• Drama

Element included with stories about persons, places, things and situations known to the public by reason of wealth, social position, achievement or previous positive or negative publicity

• Progress

• Consequence

• Emotions/Instinct

• Prominence

Element included with stories dealing with romance, marriage, divorce, and other relationships

• Sex

• Proximity

• Drama

• Emotions/Instinct