1. Identify, define, and give an example of the 6 criteria of newsworthiness.

Criteria 1:Unusualness
Definition:Not usual, common, or ordinary.
Example: If an airplane departs on time, it isn't news. If it crashes, regrettably, it is.

Criteria 2: Significance
Definition: Having a meaning
Example:Important events, ones that affect many poeple, are nws Taxes, elections,wars scientific discoveries, the economy theses are significant people's lives.

Criteria 3: Timeliness
Definition:Hearing about events as it happens
Example:People want to hear about the flood while its's happening, not next month when everything has dried out.

Criteria 4: Proximity
Definition:Around some time period
Example:People want to know about nearby events

Criteria 5: Prominence
Definition:When well-known people, buildings, or places are involved, that is news.
Example: When a movie star gets arrested

Criteria 6: Human interest
Definition: What interests the human mind
Example: Stories about ordinary poeple or animals, humorous or dramtic stories, heartwarming or heart-wrenching stories.

2. On page 23 it discusses the differences between print journalism and broadcast journlism. Please describe 3 ways they are different and explain.


3. List all the criteria the story we watched at the beginning of class fits under and why.
The pigs on highways: Unusualness, Proxmity,

4. List all the criteria the 2nd story we watched fits under and why.
Timeliness, Human Interest, Significance


5. List all the criteria the 3rd story we watched fits under and why.
Human Interest, Proxmity