News Values in Science Writing
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The document discusses what makes news stories newsworthy for regular reporting and for science reporting. For regular news, factors include impact, timeliness, prominence, proximity, bizarreness, conflict, and currency. For science news, key factors are the topic area (such as health or medicine), the surprise or wow factor of overturning previous findings, relevance to scientific and other issues, usability of providing advice, potential harm, and influence of scientists or institutions involved in the research.
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News Values in Science Writing
- 1. news values/ newsworthiness in science writing
- 2. what makes REGULAR things newsworthy: • impact (the number of people who will be affected by the story) • timeliness (get the scoop here first!) • prominence (people/things already seen as more important) • proximity (things closer to us are perceived as more relevant) • bizarreness (news of the weird) • conflict (“if it bleeds, it leads”) • currency (stories related to topics that are already in the spotlight)
- 3. what makes SCIENCE newsworthy: • TOPICS (health, medicine, behavioral science) • SURPRISE (WOW) FACTOR: (novelty, overturns previous findings – suitable for cocktail parties) • RELEVANCE (scientific, political, economic, social, cultural, or ethical; news events that need a scientific explanation) • USABILITY (advice for daily life: medical, technical, etc.) • POTENTIAL HARM (rare or extraordinary risk, probability of damage) • SCIENTIFIC INFLUENCE (influential scientists or institutions get more coverage)