News Values

Two media theorists (Gatling and Ruge) developed a system for classifying how 'news-worthy' an event is.

Frequency
Negativity
Unexpectedness
Un-Ambiguity
Personalization
Meaningfulness
Reference to elite nations

Reference to elite persons
Conflict
Consonance
Continuity
Composition
Competition
Predictability
Time Constraints

The BBC's top story is reporting on the Coronavirus which adheres to the:
Negative (it's a disease)
Unexpectedness (its was unlikely to be in the UK)
Personalization (in Scotland)
Reference to elite nations (UK)
Continuity (the virus was reported on before)
Predictability (not many people would have thought it would come to the UK so soon)

Another one entitled "How Much Privacy can Harry and Megan Expect"
Negativity (making it seem like they're escaping the press)
Personalization (They are leaving the UK)
Reference to elite nations (UK and Canada)
Conflict (They are conflicting with the UK's press)
Predictability (people would've assumed that the press would leave them alone after they moved to Canada)

A third was "Democrats reject Biden Witness Swap in Trump Trial"
Reference to elite nations (USA)
Continuity (the trial was already reported on)
Competition (between the Democrats and the Republicans)
Predictability (un predictable as people thought the trial was over weeks ago)

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