Title: Journalism 101: What Makes a Story Newsworthy? | Evangelical Press Association
Headings: Journalism 101: What Makes a Story Newsworthy?
Journalism 101: What Makes a Story Newsworthy?
Content: The millions of people who don't get murdered each day aren't news. The few who do are. You've probably heard the cliche "no news is good news." A lot of media outlets seems to follow the formula "good news is no news." Human interest: This is a little hard to define, but the general idea is that people are interested in other people. Taking a glimpse at somebody else's life appeals to a voyeuristic part of human nature. A fire burning down an empty building doesn't have nearly the human interest of a fire that burns somebody's home, leaving a family homeless or killing somebody. We identify with other people, and that's part of what gives a story human interest. Prominence: