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Story Ideas
Good story ideas identify good news values. A perfect story would have all six news values covered in a reporting plan. Let's see how your story idea scores based on timeliness, proximity, conflict/tension, prominence, human interest, and impact (consequence).
Rubric Code:
V5W92A
By
mrthompson
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Subject:
Journalism
Type:
Assignment
Grade Levels:
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Poor
1 pts
Fair
3 pts
Good
5 pts
Timeliness
Poor
Story is old news.
Fair
Story may be a little old.
Good
Story is new.
Proximity
Poor
No thought given to local sources of information.
Fair
Story doesn't identify local sources of information.
Good
Story includes part of the story coming from LOCAL sources. If the story is a national or international story it has a tie to our school and community.
Conflict/Tension
Poor
No conflict is obvious for story idea.
Fair
Conflict in the story ideas is implied but not obvious.
Good
Story includes tension or conflict that will make people want to read more.
Prominence
Poor
No thought given to the credibility of the information needed for this story.
Fair
Story does not identify sources of information from high profile or credible sources of information.
Good
Story includes people who have a high profile, such as teachers, administrators, athletes, elected officials, etc. Prominence can also include something lots of people are talking about.
Human Interest
Poor
No thought given to the people who can talk about this story idea.
Fair
People who can tell the story are obvious but they may not be easy to find or interview.
Good
People tell the story not the reporter. This means you have access to people who are involved in, or may be involved in, the topic you are writing about.
You should be able to show impact rather than tell me something has an impact.
Impact
Poor
No thought given to how this story impacts an individual or group of people.
Fair
Impact is implied but not obvious.
Good
Who cares about this story and why? How does it effect our readers.
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Journalism
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