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News Values

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This news value is the "news today, not tomorrow," value.
a)
proximity
b)
timeliness
c)
consequence
d)
human interest
2.
People who live in Debary care about Debary, but people who live in Georgia care less because they do not have....
a)
prominence 
b)
timeliness
c)
human interest
d)
proximity
3.
Many news stories are read because they have a huge impact on their readers, or high ___________. 
a)
consequence
b)
proximity
c)
conflict
d)
currency
4.
Celebrities make the news over small things because of the ______ news value
a)
prominence
b)
currency 
c)
human interest
d)
novelty
5.
Weird news stories are posted because people find it interesting when something ____ happens, and it's surprising. 
a)
novel
b)
conflicting 
c)
current
d)
timely
6.
Fights on campus are not usually reported, but kids like to hear about them because of this news value. 
a)
conflict
b)
human interest
c)
currency
d)
consequence
7.
Stories that tug at your heart strings are related to 
a)
prominence
b)
proximity
c)
human interest
d)
currency
8.
Some topics are only interesting because everyone is talking about them in this news value. 
a)
currency
b)
human interest
c)
proximity
d)
prominence