Creative Editing
Chapter 1
Exercise 6
6. Review the news values listed in this chapter. Applying those news values, plus others that your instructor may add to the list, consider whether each of the following items is suitable for publication in the news section of your hometown newspaper. Tell which news values apply for each item.
a. After a successful run on Broadway, the cast of an award-winning musical is beginning a tour of the United States. The nearest performance to your hometown will be in a city 200 miles away. (wire story)
b. Scientists working in Washington, D.C., think they may have made a breakthrough in cancer research. The National Science Foundation awarded them a $2.5 million grant this week. (National Science Foundation press release)
c. This is the right time for gardeners in your area to get their tulips and other bulbs into the ground. (material from local agricultural agent)
d. Business analysts expect a bullish market for mining stocks in the next few months. (business wire story)
e. "Tiger," a German shepherd owned by a local woman, won "best in show" yesterday at the annual dog show in Madison Square Garden. (wire story)
f. A student from the local junior high school placed second in the national spelling bee, conducted yesterday in Washington, D.C. (story from education beat)
g. A train derailed 30 miles away. Emergency rooms at local hospitals were crowded with injured passengers. (story from police beat)
h. Fashion designers say that unisex clothes will be in vogue next year. (wire story)
i. The local school board decided last night to build a new high school in town. (story from education beat)
j. A city official says that property taxes will increase dramatically to pay for the costs of building a new high school in town. (story from city government beat)
k. A 75-year-old man was the first customer at a new bungee jumping attraction that opened yesterday on the outskirts of town. (story from business beat)
l. To mark its 100th anniversary, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City performed the classic "Madama Butterfly," and thousands of opera fans attended.
m. The local museum announced it would receive a traveling exhibit of ancient Chinese stone warriors from the Denver Museum of Natural History next month.
n. Environmentalists warned owners of new beach homes along the North Carolina coast that the structures were built too close to the sea and would not withstand another hurricane season.
o. The local chapter of the League of Women Voters announced yesterday that it would sponsor the first presidential debate between Republican candidate Elizabeth Dole and her Democratic challenger.
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