Elements of News

• Proximity

• http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11/texas.wildfires/index.html 

• Prominence

• http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/robert-pattinson-on-his-teenage-crushes/

• Timeliness

• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/man-in-deadly-weekend-crash-identified 

• Oddity
• http://news.yahoo.com/odd

• Consequence
• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/End-of-year-school-zone-wake-up-call

• Conflict
• http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/10/news/economy/debt_ceiling_fight/index.htm?cnn=yes&hpt=C1

• Human interest
• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/crime/police-arrest-former-judge-candidate