News
values
News values are a way for media to score the
importance of news stories.
Negativity.
Bad news it always rated above good news stories
For example the recent floods that have happened in
Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26012890
Proximity.
How close the story is to home
For example the metro newspaper would write stories
relevant to the north east.
Recency.
Newspapers
want to reveal news stories as soon as they happen so that they beat the other
newspapers to the story.
Currency.
Stories
that have been running for some time already for example the Madeline McCann
story.
Continuity.
Stories
that are likely to continue and develop later are valued because it will get
readers to read again the next day.
Uniqueness.
A
story has to be unique or unusual for example Plane becomes entangled with
skydiver's parachute http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10687198/Plane-becomes-entangled-with-skydivers-parachute.html
Simplicity
Stories
which are short and simple and easy to explain. For example a team won a game.
Personality
Stories
that centre around a certain person often well-known people or celebrity’s that
are in the public eye.
Expectedness
If a
news story turns out in the way everybody expected it to then it will be
valued.
Elite
nations or people
Stories
that are centred around rich and powerful nation of people.
Exclusivity
In news
stories that are braking news are valued a lot in news if a news organisations
is first to do a story then people will have to come to them to see it.
Size
The size
of a story is important and the amount of people it effects.
David, you have provided a brief summary of the main news values that news producers take into account when producing news bulletins, and have provided occasional examples. I would suggest providing an example for each to support your definitions and confirm your understanding.
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