What Are News Values? 10 Types Explained

Learn what are news values and why this concept is so important to professional journalists.

News values allow editors and journalists to determine whether information and events are worthy of being covered as a news story. Often, journalists and editors consciously or subconsciously evaluate a store using these values before writing or commissioning it. These news values or factors explain why an audience may be interested in certain information and why other facts aren’t quantifiable as...