Title: Newsworthiness
Headings: The Elements of Newsworthiness
The Elements of Newsworthiness
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Content: One year, Matthew McConaughey came to our school to work out with our after school fitness program as part of an initiative to help schools realize the importance of working out to stay healthy. It was the news of the week. Do you really think it would have lasted beyond mention if it were someone from 24 Hour Fitness? Hmm...What happens to important people is important to us. If my neighbor gets a DWI over the weekend, he won't make the 5 o'clock news, but if the mayor does, that's a whole other story. 6. Human interest: Humans like hearing about other humans interacting, living, being, experiencing. News like this makes us smile and really exists for the sake of telling the stories and showing the lives of the human race, which is interesting. Seriously.