Here is a list of 10 hypothetical news stories. You need to choose the top 5 most newsworthy stories for your hypothetical news broadcast. For each of the stories, use the chart provided to rank
the stories based on the criteria for
newsworthiness you learned in this lesson.
Now, give each story a score between 1 and 5 for each category, "1" being the lowest score. Add up the scores for each news story under "Total Points".
STORY
|Brangelina
Earthquake
Edwards
Hit and Run
Housing Slump
Immigrants
Polar Bear
Puppy
School
Traffic
Timeliness
Significance
Proximity
Prominence
Novelty
Human Interest
Total Points
