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Week 2 - News values

WHAT MAKES NEWS?

  • Impact

    • An event that affects many people or involves many people

  • Conflict

    • Physical, verbal, psychological

  • Currency

    • Issues under public discussion
    • The "water cooler" test
    • From April to Sept. 2001, the top story was Rep. Gary Condit (R-Calif.) and Chandra Levy
    • May 22, 2002: The skeletal remains of missing former Washington intern Chandra Levy were found in a park in northwest Washington on Wednesday, almost 13 months after she vanished without a trace.

  • Prominence

    • Involving prominent people

  • Unusualness

    • Out of the ordinary

  • Proximity

    • Location, close to home

  • Timeliness

    • Having occurred recently
    • This concept is redefined with the web