Ch2 News Values Quiz

This question identifies which News Value:

How well known are the people in the story?

• Conflict

• Human Interest

• Impact

• Prominence

A news value based on a story about something unusual.

• Oddity

• Human Interest

• Conflict

• Impact

A news value based on disagreements among people or groups.

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Impact/Consequence

• Conflict

A news value based on how close something is happening to its readers/viewers.

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Impact/Consequence

• Conflict

What does "timeliness" mean?

• writing a news story that is new and current

• writing a news story that is about history

• writing a news story that is clocks and watches

What does "relevance" mean?

• writing a news story that is about your relatives

• writing a news story that is about things that the public is interested in

• writing a news story that is about your neighbors

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

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Impact

• Conflict

True or False: More than one news value should be incorporated into every story.

• True

• False

A connection to a timely event that justifies a feature story or soft news story is referred to as what?

• beat

• pitching

• news peg

• lead

Where can you find ideas for strong stories?

• The beat system

• The professional press

• All of these

• Direct observation