What are News Values?
News values determine how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet. it is split into the following strate
Impact- The story has a large significance to the community and could affect the community gravely.
Negativity- Bad news is good news for the editor. The listeners normally listen to the news because they want to know the bad things that are going on in the world.
Timelessness/Currency- Events that happened recently or people who are current generally are more newsworthy.
Proximity- News that is close to the listener.
Prominence- Famous/Important people on the news.
Conflict- Events and people that feature major conflict, disagreement or war.
Oddity- News about odd or unusual people, places things or events.
Human Interest- stories that play to human emotions can be very newsworthy.
How do the news values help journalists make decisions?
When journalists decide whether to run with a particular news store, news
values need to be considered.
Normally the story must perform well in at least two news values.
No comments:
Post a Comment