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1
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Negativity

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Bad news involving death, tragedy,damage etc

Always rated above positive stories such as the royal wedding

2
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Closeness to home / proximity

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Audiences relate more to stories that are close to them geographically or that involve people from their country

3
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Recency

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Revealing stories as they happen

4
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Currency

A

Stories that have been in the public eye for some time - Madeline McCann

5
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Continuity

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Events that are likely to have an ongoing impact (war)

High value when released

6
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Uniqueness

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Any story that covers unusual events

‘Man bites dog’ rather than vice versa

7
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Simplicity

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Easy to explain

An obvious but true story

8
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Personality

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Centres around a person

Human interest idea

9
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Expectedness (predictability)

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An event that was expected to happen
Can confirm preconceived ideas
Important news value

10
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Elite nations or people

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Covers important, powerful nation (UK, USA rather than a poor country)

11
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Exclusivity

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First to release a story

Rates newspaper highly

12
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Size

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The bigger the impact of the story, the higher it’s value