News values

Criteria that influence the selection of events as published news

News values are "criteria that influence the selection and presentation of events as published news." These values help explain what makes something "newsworthy." Journalists use news values to decide which events will be reported on and how they will be presented to their viewers. Journalists explain why some events deserve widespread coverage and why others do not. Johan Galtung and Mari Hulmboe Ruge (1956) identified what influences news selection.

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