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NEWS VALUES TEST_2025

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 7hrs 32mins

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Class
Date
1.

If news affects a reader or viewer's life, it has the news value of:

a)

human interest

b)

impact

c)

prominence

d)

proximity

2.

News value increases when an event is near the readers. This news value is referred to as:

a)

proximity

b)

prominence

c)

impact

d)

currency

3.

Leaders and people who are well-known are more newsworthy than others. This new value is referred to as:

a)

impact

b)

human interest

c)

prominence

d)

currency

4.

News loses its value as it ages. This news value is referred to as:

a)

human interest

b)

timeliness

c)

currency

d)

impact

5.

An Academy Award-winning actress sues her husband for divorce. News outlets would cover this story because of the news value of:

a)

impact

b)

human interest

c)

currency

d)

prominence

6.

Stories that have an emotional appeal for the viewer or reader demonstrate the news value of:

a)

timeliness

b)

currency

c)

human interest

d)

impact

7.

Fights on campus are not usually reported, but kids like to hear about them because of this news value.

a)

prominence

b)

conflict

c)

proximity

d)

human interest

8.

Some topics are only interesting because everyone is talking about them in this news value.

a)

impacy

b)

human interest

c)

conflict

d)

currency

9.

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?

a)

conflict

b)

currency

c)

timeliness

d)

impacy

10.

Which news value means the story is intriguing or has an interesting spin to it, not something you hear of everyday?

a)

conflict

b)

impact

c)

oddity

d)

consequence

11.

In regard to news values, prominence refers to

a)

the extent to which the story will affect a number of people

b)

how well known the people involved in the story are

c)

the location of the story on the newspaper page or in the news broadcast

12.

The weather is the most watched portion of any local newscast because of the news value of:

a)

timeliness

b)

proximity

c)

both A and B

d)

none of the above

13.

What element of news do the following subjects have in common: wars, labor strikes, elections?

a)

conflict

b)

impacy

c)

currency

d)

human interest

14.

When a news story focuses on the latest updates of an issue, it is demonstrating the news value of:

a)

impacy

b)

consequence

c)

currency

d)

timeliness

15.

CNN posted this story this week. What news value does it most demonstrate?

a)

oddity

b)

human interest

c)

timeliness

d)

impact

16.

This story from the Houston Chronicle best demonstrates which news value?

a)

impact

b)

proximity

c)

prominence

d)

conflict

17.

What news value does this recent story demonstrate?

a)

prominence

b)

human interest

c)

proximity

d)

oddity

18.

The NY Times has run many feature stories about people trying to survive during challenging times. This one is about those facing food insecurities. What news value does this kind of story demonstrate?

a)

timeliness

b)

proximity

c)

conflict

d)

human interest

19.

What's the news value of this story: State revenue falls short by $53 million and the Legislature decides to make all the budget cuts for this shortfall in funding in public school education.

a)

impact

b)

conflict

c)

oddity

d)

prominence

20.

A Galveston beach lifeguard finds what they think is a sea turtle carcass, but it turns out to be a headless, tail-less carcass of an alligator. What news value is this story?

a)

human interest

b)

currency

c)

impacy

d)

oddity

21.

A former Disney Channel star is caught by paparazzi drinking and twerking at a nightclub. What news value does this demonstrate?

a)

human interest

b)

prominence

c)

currency

d)

none of the above

22.

A senior is absent from school for the first time since kindergarten. What news value would prompt us to cover this story on My Jag News?

a)

oddity

b)

human interest

c)

currency

d)

prominence

23.

Students on our campus have organized a blood drive in honor of a fellow student who is battling a life-threatening illness. Local TV stations might want to cover this story because of:

a)

timeliness

b)

human interest

c)

conflict

d)

oddity

24.

CNN posted a story on its website this week about how children carry more viral loads of COVID 19. Why would people be drawn to read this?

a)

human interest

b)

prominence

c)

impact

d)

proxomity

25.

When a news story reports on the most recent aspects of an event, the news value that is demonstrated is:

a)

timeliness

b)

currency

c)

consequence

d)

conflict

26.

What element of news do the following subjects have in common: wars, labor strikes, elections?

a)

proximity

b)

timeliness

c)

prominence

d)

conflict

27.

This news value involves nearness - either the geographical closeness of an event or the relevance of an issue to the readers.

a)

timeliness

b)

proximity

c)

consequence

d)

human interest

28.

Last night it was reported that there was a manhunt on after a deadly shooting at an apartment complex in the Medical Center in San Antonio. What news element is demonstrated here?

a)

impact

b)

human interest

c)

prominence

d)

proximity

29.

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

a)

Timeliness

b)

Proximity

c)

Impact/Consequence

d)

Conflict