Eight News Values

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Which news value refers to the shock or “wow” factor of a news story and generally requires a story to affect a large group in a large way?

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Impact

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Which news value is newsworthy because two or more people, entities, groups or teams are opposing one another?

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Conflict

Front

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? Options: Timeliness, Prominence, Proximity, Human Interest

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Timeliness

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Which news value applies to the people a news story is about? If the people are well-known, then the news story is deemed newsworthy.

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Prominence

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Which news value means the story is intriguing or has an interesting spin to it, not something you hear of everyday? Options: Timeliness, Novelty, Prominence, Currency

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Novelty

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Which news value refers to the physical or emotional closeness of a news story to a media outlet’s audience?

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Proximity

Front

Stories that affect people’s lives by having a direct impact on them or consequences for them/their community.

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Impact

Front

Today’s weather and traffic reports, election results, upcoming homecoming game, are all examples of...

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Timeliness

Front

What makes something newsworthy when a lot of people are talking about it or it comes up regularly?

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Currency

Front

Ninety-eight alligators were found in the bedroom of a man who lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

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oddity/novelty