Newsworthy Vocab. Practice

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

• Consequence/Impact

• Prominence

• Proximity

• Conflict

• Timliness

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.

• Prominence

• Impact

• Timeliness

• Consequence/Impact

• Proximity

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?

• Timeliness

• Prominence

• Proximity

• Human Interest

• Conflict

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

• Proximity

• Prominence

• Consequence/Impact

• Human Interest

• Timeliness

Today’s weather and traffic reports, election results, and upcoming homecoming game are all examples of...

• Proximity

• Conflict

• TImeliness

• Consequence?Impact

• Human Interest

The story evoke emotions or is unique.

• Prominence

• Proxmity

• Timeliness

• Consequence/impact

• Human Interest

Newsworthiness

• is considered to be interesting enough to be reported in newspapers or on the radio or television

• Spreading rumors

• is too tell everyone about what happened recently

• is considered to be fake and be reported on newspapers or on the radio or television

A news value (determinant) based on how much it affects your audience.

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Impact/Consequence

• Conflict

• Human Interest

This means "worthy of being news."

• Accuracy

• Objectivity

• Balance

• Newsworthy

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

• News money

• News Values (Determinants)

• Facts

• Opinions