NEWS

LISETTE DILOY-MENDOZA
JOUR50/ CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
What is news?
NEWS
•A news story
deals with a
person, place, or
thing.
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NEWS
• “A break from the
normal flow of
events, an interruption
in the expected.”
»Melvin Mencher

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NEWS
• “News in the larger sense is
the material which most
likely to be looked to and
accepted as the image of
reality.”
»Raymond and Alice
Bauer
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NEWS
•“News presents to
society a mirror of
its concerns and
interests.”
»Gay Tuchman
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NEWS
•“Tomorrow’s
history done up on
today’s neat
package.”
»Mitchelle Charnley
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NEWS
• “Any event, idea, or opinion
that is timely, that interests
and affects a large number of
persons in the community, and
that is capable of being
understood by them.”
»M.Lyle Spencer

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Elements of News
TIMELINESS

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TIMELINESS

•IMMEDIACY
•Cover event as they
develop
•Use adverb “today”
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PROXIMITY

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PROXIMITY

•Nearness of the
event to the
intended readers
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PROXIMITY

Readers are more

interested in events in
their community or
neighborhood, because
it affects their lives
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PROXIMITY

•Geographical
proximity
•Psychological
proximity
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PROMINENCE

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PROMINENCE

•Refers to
both people
and places
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PROMINENCE

• People become
newsmakers if they
have positions in the
government or big
corporations
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PROMINENCE

•Some because of
their wealth,
achievement,
extraordinary feat
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PROMINENCE

•Being an
eyewitness to a
major event or
an accident
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SIGNIFICANCE

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SIGNIFICANCE

•CONSEQUENC
E

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SIGNIFICANCE

•Refers not only to

the importance of
an event but also to
its after-effects
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ODDITY

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ODDITY

•Anything that
deviates from the
normal course of
events
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CONFLICT

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CONFLICT

•Refers to
opposing forces,
individuals,
groups, or issues
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