News Values

There are nine news values .
1. THRESHOLD : The bigger the news , the better.
2. NEGATIVITY : Bad news is good news.
3. TIMELESSNESS : Events that happened recently.
4. PROXIMITY : 'Closeness' of an item to an audience , news usually consists of items relevant to the region. ( Local or National )
5. PROMINENCE : People in the public eye tend to be more newsworthy than those not in the public eye.
6. CONFLICT : Events and people that feature conflict tend to be more newsworthy.
7. CURRENCY : Sometimes , a story is newsworthy because its about an issue in the public consciousness at that particular time.
8. ODDITY : News about weird or unusual people , places , things , or events.
9. HUMAN INTEREST : Stories that play to human emotions can be very newsworthy. They are usually about ordinary people.