This document outlines elements that make an effective news story. It identifies 14 elements: conflict, immediacy, proximity, prominence, significance, names, drama, oddity, romance and adventure, sex, progress, animals, number, and emotion. These elements include things like conflict, prominent people, significance to readers lives, drama, unusual events, romance, and emotional human interest stories. Effective news stories incorporate several of these elements to capture readers' attention and interest.

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Levin Jasper A. Agustin and Marven A. Gregorio

3. 1. Conflict – this may involve physical or
mental conflict – man vs. man, man vs.
animals, man vs. nature, or man vs.
himself.
2. Immediacy or timeliness – This element
emphasizes the newest angle of the story.
3. Proximity or nearness – This may refer to
geographical nearness as well as to
nearness of kinship or interest.
4. Prominence – Some people are more
prominent than others by reasons of
wealth, social position, or achievements.

4. 5. Significance – Whatever is significant to
the life of an individual is interesting to
him.
6. Names – Important names make
important news. Also, the more names
there are in the story, the better.
7. Drama – This adds color to the story. The
more picturesque the background and
the more dramatic the actions are, the
more appealing the story is to the reader.
8. Oddity or unusualness – This refers to
strange or unnatural events, objects,
persons, and places.

5. 9. Romance and adventure – The romance
of prominent people make a good news.
Romance may also be experienced with
other things, like the sea, space, nature.
10. Sex – Sex has always interested man.
Stories of sex are usually related to stories
of romance, marriage, divorce, and the
varied activities of men with women.
11. Progress – The onward and forward
march of civilization or the progress of a
country is chronicled step by step in the
newspaper.

6. 12. Animals – Stories of animals, especially
those with talents are good reading
matter because of their human interest
value.
13. Number – Sweepstakes numbers, vital
statistics, election results, scores in
games, casualties, fatalities, price of
goods, and ages of women make good
news.
14. Emotion –It also includes the various
human responses such as the innate
desire; the universal interest; and the
natural feeling

7. Types of News Stories