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Title: Newsworthy Qualities

Description: terms of a worhty newperson

Total Flash Cards: 6

Created: 01/21/2009 07:58:53

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Prominence

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How well known are the ppl in ur story?? If the ppl r well known to local readers, or a national level they will want to buy and read more newspapers. Think if someone famous did something, then a neighbor did the same thing...who would get the most publicity??
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Proximity
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Location, location, location!!! If the event is happening close by it will interest local readers more then if it happen miles away. 

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Timelines
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If something is happening right NOW! it has more impact then if it happenned years ago.  no one wants to read old news. 

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Oddity/Uniqueness
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think weekly world news, and Ripley's beleive it or not, if something is unusual the oddity alone can make it good news. 

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Cosequences
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An event or descion with consequences is one that will effect readers lives in some way or another. the bigger the impact, the more ppl will want to read it. 

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Human Interest
Definition

 Appeal to reades emotions.  They make readers happy, nostalgic, sad, angry, or sympathetic