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Another old saying in the news business goes, “When a dog bites a man, no one cares. When the man bites back – now that’s a news story.” The idea, of course, is that any deviation from the normal, expected course of events is something novel, and thus newsworthy ... what makes something news...
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journalism.about.com/od/reporting/a/newsworthy.htm
journalism.about.com/od/reporting/a/newsworthy.htm
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Journalism textbooks teach several factors that can determine whether something is newsworthy. ... "First, let me say the value of a news story is a relative thing. Something that could be your biggest news story one day might be buried in the back the next day, depending on what else happened," Dennison said.
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statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=17662
statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=17662
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At NowPublic, one of our founders offered a simple way of defining news: "Tell me something new about something I care about."
http://upload.nowpublic.net/faq
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News can be defined as “Newsworthy information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by news media.” But what makes news newsworthy? ... There is a list of five factors, detailed below, which are considered when deciding if a story is newsworthy. When an editor needs to decide whether to run with...
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carmichael.edublogs.org/what-makes-a-news-story-worthy/
carmichael.edublogs.org/what-makes-a-news-story-worthy/
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4. Possible future impact: The killer bee example illustrates another news element: possible future impact. The fact that the killer bees are now in the United States and may eventually be a threat to people watching the news makes the story much more newsworthy.
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www.cybercollege.com/newscrit.htm
www.cybercollege.com/newscrit.htm
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14 Responses to “What makes a news story? A boy not in a balloon — or a genuinely ballooning effort to achieve 350 ppm?” ... The MSM’s choice of newsworthy stories is beyond bad, beyond ridiculous. It has to be deliberate.
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climateprogress.org/2009/10/20/news-story-boy-balloon-h...
climateprogress.org/2009/10/20/news-story-boy-balloon-hoax-350-ppm-mckibben/
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I often teach workshops for corporate and government leaders to help them understand how to work with the news media. Understanding how the human mind works is the basis for all of material on what makes a story newsworthy.
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www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/public-relatio...
www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/public-relations/MAR_PRR/272520-21256029?browseCategory=&goback=.srp_1_1202976380303_pw
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"We believed our story was newsworthy because a U.S. official said government investigators turned up this evidence," Whitaker wrote. "But we regret that we got any part of ... That the reporters did not find any U.S. officials who could confirm their source's information makes the "knowledgeable U.S. ... FOX News' Bret Baier,
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www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156612,00.html
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156612,00.html
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But, what makes an announcement newsworthy? For a publisher to consider your particular story newsworthy it must have a both strong news angle and generate interest. The news angle is your specific hook. It’s the news event, the controlling issue, and the reason the news editor will want to publish your story.
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www.evancarmichael.com/Public-Relations/4980/What-Makes...
www.evancarmichael.com/Public-Relations/4980/What-Makes-a-Press-Release-Newsworthy-Its-all-in-the-news-angle.html
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