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Ma. Hillary Ann T. Castillo

SATURDAY ● MARCH 9 ● 2024 CAMPUS JOURNALISM MRS. AYO

 NEWS
News is information about current events.
This may be provided through many
different media: word of mouth, printing,
postal systems, broadcasting, electronic
communication, or through the testimony
of observers and witnesses to events.
ELEMENTS OF
NEWS
ODDITY
Oddity. If something is
unusual, shocking, or
bizarre, the strangeness
and novelty alone
could make it
newsworthy.
IMPAC
T How will this affect my
readers' lives? This is
the real guts of the
story, and it's typically
the lede that you'll pitch
to a publication.
PROMINENC
E Prominence means
persons, places, things
and situations known
to the public for their
weather, social
position, achievement
or previous publicity.
PROXIMIT
Y
People will be more interes
in the event/news if it’s
happening near their
proximity, rather than far
away.
CONFLICT

Conflict presents an
element of struggle in
a news story.
SCANDAL
Scandal is defined as general
surprise, shock or outrage as a
result of behaviors or actions
that areconsidered unacceptable
or outside of the moral code of
society, or to the morally
improper action that causessuch
surprise
TIMELINESS
Current news has more
impact than
something that
happened yesterday or
last week.
CONSEQUENC
E
If the impact of an
event may directly
affect readers, they'll
want to know about
it.
SUPERLATIV
E Events with a large
scale or scope or
with high
intensity are
newsworthy.
HUMAN
INTEREST
If your story draws any
emotional attention or
reaction, it has the
element of human
interest.
PRINCIPLES
OF NEWS
 TRUTH AND
ACCURACY

MONDAY ● OCTOBER 2 ● 2021

INDEPENDENCE
ACCOU
NTABIL
ITY
HUMANITY
FAIRNESS AND
IMPARTIALITY
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