Media Journal #6 / News Values

Read the pdf file article from the U.S. edition of the Reuters international news agency’s web site concerning the most recent public appearance from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of the United Kingdom. Assess the newsworthiness of this story according to the 12 “news values” briefly outlined by Paul Hodkinson. In particular, address the question of how this story, based in the UK, would be newsworthy for the U.S. edition of an international-based news agency. How many of these 12 apply to this story? Make a list of each news value, and for each of the twelve, explain in a few sentences how that value applies, and if the value does not apply, explain why not in one or two sentences. (Freebie: skip Number 8, “composition,” since the internet context will probably change, and if you have trouble accessing the story, see the pdf attached.)