What is Newsworthy Journalism Mr Dudek 1 PROMINENCE

What is Newsworthy? Journalism Mr. Dudek

1. PROMINENCE l Someone with a well-known name attracts more interest than someone who is unknown.

2. MAGNITUDE l The larger the size, the more people, the greater the price = the bigger news.

3. PROXIMITY l The nearer it happens, the more it matters.

4. UNIQUENESS l A singular or rare event grabs our attention.

5. TIMELINESS l The recent past, present, and immediate future mean more to us than the distant past.

6. SIGNIFICANCE l Meaningful to the reader and the reader’s life.

7. CONFLICT l Any struggle, battle, or fight between two people, or groups of people.

8. HUMAN INTEREST l Touching the readers’ feelings, emotions, sense of humor, or arousing empathy.

What is Newsworthy? A Review Journalism Mr. Dudek

CONFLICT l Terrorists in Lima, Peru hold 200 people hostage.

HUMAN INTEREST l A whale swims the wrong way in a channel and is trapped. The nation is captivated by its struggle.

TIMELINESS l Tomorrow is the first day of spring.

PROMINENCE l A former president of the United States dies.

HUMAN INTEREST l A man bumps his head, recovers from amnesia, and returns to the wife he left fifteen years earlier.

PROXIMITY l The Lindblom Eagles football team wins the state championship.

NOT NEWSWORTHY l A cat that went missing yesterday, returns home today.

HUMAN INTEREST l A cat that went missing five years ago, returns home today.

PROMINENCE l An Academy Award-winning actress sues her husband for divorce.

NOT NEWSWORTHY l A Chicago woman celebrates her 92 nd birthday.

NOT NEWSWORTHY l A fight breaks out among two players at last night’s Blackhawks game.

CONFLICT; UNIQUENESS l A fight breaks out among two delegates at last night’s City Council meeting.

HOMER l What is this dog’s name?