AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572
Paper 1, Paper 2
The criteria used by news producers to judge which events are newsworthy and how much prominence they deserve.
Revise: Analysing newspapers: front pages, inside pages and political biasNews values are criteria for judging newsworthiness. Events may attract coverage because they are recent, affect many people, involve conflict or prominent figures, or matter to the intended readers. These factors help explain why one story leads while another is placed inside or omitted.