News Determinates

______ is a term that is used to determine whether a topic is interesting enough for people to want or need to know about it.

• newsworthiness

• gatekeeping

• determinants

• worthiness

_____ is the act of determining which stories are newsworthy.

• Interviewing

• Gatekeeping

• Writing leads

• Taking notes

_____ decide if something is news.

• reporters

• news elements

• news determinants

• publishers

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

_____refers to people, places, or events. If people are generally familiar with the person, place, or event, it has prominence.

• impact

• timeliness

• proximity

• prominence

The more timely the event is, the more newsworthy it is.

• True

• False

_____ refers to people, places, or events. If people are generally familiar with the person, place, or event, it has prominence.

• prominence

• proximity

• timeliness

• impact

_____ refers to how recent the news event is. Most news stories are timely and need to be reported quickly.

• proximity

• timeliness

• usefulness

• Impact

_____ refers to how many people a story will impact.

• newsworthiness / impact

• impact / prominence

• consequence / impact

• timeliness / consequence

Which of the following is not a human interest story?

• unique

• impact

• conflict

• emotional

Stories can have more than one news determinate.

• True

• False