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WorksheetsModule 3A: What Makes It News Vocabulary
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
A value of news based on something happening right now.
Proximity
Timeliness
Impact/Consequence
Conflict
A news value based on how close something is happening to its readers/viewers.
Timeliness
Proximity
Impact/Consequence
Conflict
A news value based on disagreements among people or groups.
Timeliness
Proximity
Impact/Consequence
Conflict
A news value based on how much it affects your audience.
Timeliness
Proximity
Impact/Consequence
Conflict
A news value based on a well-known or famous person.
Currency
Human Interest/Emotion
Oddity/Rarity/Novelty
Prominence/Celebrity
A news value based on something out of the ordinary, new, or unusual.
Prominence/Celebrity
Oddity/Rarity/Novelty
Human Interest/Emotion
Currency
A news value based on how it makes the audience feel.
Prominence/Celebrity
Oddity/Rarity/Novelty
Human Interest/Emotion
Currency
A news value based on its popularity with readers/viewers.
Prominence/Celebrity
Oddity/Rarity/Novelty
Human Interest/Emotion
Currency
The people who read, view, or listen to your content for information or entertainment.
Audience
Policy
Competition
Presentation
Laws or other rules that news organizations follow.
Audience
Policy
Competition
Presentation
Describes how news organizations try to attract the same readers, listeners, or viewers to be the best.
Audience
Policy
Competition
Presentation
The way a news story is displayed may attract or repel people.
Audience
Policy
Competition
Presentation
This means "getting your facts right."
Accuracy
Objectivity
Balance
Newsworthy
This means "worthy of being news."
Accuracy
Objectivity
Balance
Newsworthy
This means "covering all sides of a story."
Accuracy
Objectivity
Balance
Newsworthy
This means "not being involved in a story you write" and "reporting facts without bias."
Accuracy
Objectivity
Balance
Newsworthy
