To be perfectly honest, I was not at all excited for this lecture. Having previously studied news values in both school and in a uni course I did in grade 11, I didn't want to hear about them for the millionth time. However this lecture put a new spin on news values for me, Dr Bruce Redman explained them differently and more succinctly than my previous teachers.
News values are pretty crucial for every journalist to know. You want to write a story that you know the audience will be interested in and actually want to read. News values can vary between media outlets, but the best list (in my opinion) was included in the lecture:
- Negativity
- Proximity
- Recency
- Currency
- Continuity
- Uniqueness
- Simplicity
- Personality
- Predictability
- Elite nations or people
- Exclusivity
- Size
There were many more different types of news values mentioned during the lecture. It was quite overwhelming to comprehend how many things you should take into account when writing a story to make sure yours is the most interesting to readers.
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