- News must be new or fresh or at least have a fresh angle.
- News must be presented as something that is not mundane; it must be an event.
- The fresh event must be reported to become news.
Some other definitions of 'news':
News is people
The human angle is what interests the public in stories - celebrities or people similar to themselves.
Dog bites man - no interest. Man bites dog - news.
The extraordinary is interesting, and makes for an exciting story.
News is anything that makes an editor say "Gee whiz".
Stories should be interesting, shocking, exciting.
News is what someone somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.
If someone wants to keep a story secret, they must have a reason.
When people contact news agencies with stories, they want them to be heard.
News is fresh events reported.
The news must be current and up-to-date.
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