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Impact - lots of people, greater impact
Conflict - human (war) or natural (elements)
Timeliness - relevance
Proximity - geographical + psychological
Prominence - especially the subject of a story
Currency - fads, sudo events, controversy and trends
Human interest - 'soft news', for ex. disasters, academic studies on the
portrayal of women in the media
The unusual
Source: Conley and Lamble, The Daily Miracle, p83-97
Novelty
Information of public interest
Any people are interested in
Hard news - high news value, ie demands immediate publication, includes
politics, economics and social matters
Soft news - timeless stories, low level of substantive informational value,
includes gossip, human interest stories, offbeat events
General news - between hard and soft news, not sensational but of interest to a
lot of people