Definitions of ‘’the news’’

news values

1. DEFINITIONS OF ‘’THE NEWS’’: :: News is about information and updating events. :: News by itself is not entertainment about current event but it does have to be made into interesting stories for the viewer. :: Good news stories are the based on other people’s mystery. Media news depends on negative happenings-otherwise we would not have anything to talk about. :: All news are pre packaged by publicity managers and spin doctors.

2. DIFINITIONS OF ‘’THE NEWS’’: :: Television news needs visuals and interview with eye witness accounts to make it seems real. :: News is about people; people stories interest viewers the most.

3. WHAT ARE NEWS VALUES ‘’News values are generally guideline or criteria used by media outlets, such as newspapers or broadcast media to determine hoe much prominence to give to a story. They are fundamental to understanding news production and the choices that editors and other journalist-face when deciding that one piece of information is news while other is not’’.

4. NEWS VALUE # 1 IMPACT: ‘’ The number of people whose lives with be influenced in some way by the subject of the story’’ FOR EXAMPLE The Asian Tsunami had more impact then a local flood.

5. NEWS VALUE # 2 CONTROVERSY ‘’Arguments, disagreements, debates, charges, countercharges and fight increase the value of news’’ FOR EXAMPLE Meera and Reema fought in awards show ceremony last night.

6. NEWS VALUE # 3 PROMINENCE ‘’ For the same occurrence, people in the public eye have higher news value than obscure people ‘’ FOR EXAMPLE Tom Cruise jumps on a couch because he’s got a new girlfriend and everybody’s interested. A big name B asketballer has AIDS , every one knows a child in Africa has AIDS nobody cares.

7. NEWS VALUE # 4 TIMELINESS ‘’Recent events have higher news value than earlier happenings of particular value are stories brought to the public ahead of the competution . These are known as scoops’’ FOR EXAMPLE A fundraiser that distributes toys to low-income children during the holiday season.

8. NEWS VALUE # 5 PROXIMITY ‘’ Stories that involve people from their own country ‘’. ‘’ Stories about events and situations in one’s home community are more news worthy than events that take place far away FOR EXAMPLE Australian jet crash kills 10 Brits or stories that are close to people geographically. If 100 people drown in a flood in a faraway country, the story has about the same news values as a story describing how to 10 people drowned in Guangzhou.

9. NEWS VALUE # 6 CURRENCY ‘’ More value is attributed to stories pertaining to issues to topics that are in the spotlight of public concern rather than to issues or topics about which people careless. Stories come and stories go’’ FOR EXAMPLE In 1999, JFK. JR died in a plane crash, the Clinton impeachment trial, Microsoft monopoly, war over KOSOVO, Columbine school shooting and the Millennium, followed in the followed in the 2000s by 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

10. NEWS VALUE # 7 ODDITY / NOVELTY ‘’Also known as oddity or rarity, this news value focuses on a story that is unusual and highly interesting’’. ‘’Whenever strange things happens, it will make the news’’ FOR EXAMPLE A skunk spraying classrooms on campus would be unusual.

11. NEWS VALUE #8 MAGNITUDE ‘’ It focus on extraordinary , high-magnitude news’’ FOR EXAMPLE