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G08: Investigative Journalism: What's Newsworthy

Media training: What makes a story newsworthy?

What makes a story newsworthy? We use something called the TRUTH test on our media training courses to show what journalists look for in a story. Here’s our journalist tutor Paul Brennan to guide you through what this means.

T: timely / topical, R: relevance, U: unusual, T: tension/trouble, H: human interest

News Elements: What Makes a Story Newsworthy?

Journalism professor Mark Grabowski explains the seven major factors that help determine whether a story idea is newsworthy. Elements of timeliness; proximity; prominence; oddity; consequence; conflict; and human interest is discussed.