How do journalists choose a lead story?Let's say you are the editor of an online news outlet. (Those are all the details I’m going to give you.) In small groups, read the stories and tell us why your assigned story is better than the other groups' stories. What makes your story newsworthy? What's wrong with the other stories? What are the characteristics of news?
You can view the stories here.
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To help you get started, think about the criteria that make
something news. Then, think about your audience. As journalists, we have both
academic and practical considerations when we decide whether to run a story. Given that, what's our definition of news?
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