The document discusses the definition and values of news. It defines news as a report of recent events published in newspapers, television, radio or online. Some key news values it outlines are timeliness, proximity, prominence, controversy, impact, current events, oddity, human interest, usefulness and educational value. It also discusses the importance of credibility, objectivity and fairness when reporting news. The primary functions of news mentioned are to inform, educate, entertain, form public images and drive curiosity.

1. NEWS & NEWSVALUES
Dr. J. JANARDHAN

2. WHAT IS NEWS?
 When a dog bites a man, that is not news…
 But, if a man bites a dog, that is news- John Bogart
 Some times a dog bites a man becomes news too…

3. WHAT IS NEWS?
 The word ‘NEWS’ is derived from the four directions as
N---- North
E---- East
W---- West
S----- South
 This shows that news can come from anywhere.
 It is the report of a current event, recent events & happenings.

4. DEFINITION…
 News is a report about recent happenings in a newspaper,
television , radio or internet
 News is something that is not known earlier
 News as a development that has happened in the past 24 hrs
News
IAF chopper crashes in Arunachal; 5 killed
Old News
Chinese troops still present in India boarder : Air
Chief

5. NEWS & INFORMATION …
 Notice boards displaying in public places-
INFORMATION.
 But, information becomes news when news value is added
to it
 if a new train time table is issued by the railways replacing
the existing one with changes in train timings, that
becomes news.

6. WHAT MAKES NEWS?
 News reports provides answers to six questions
5-W: What
When
Where
Why
Who
1-H: How


7. NEWS VALUES
 Journalists are best judges about What is news & What not is
News
 They take the decision based on the certain news values
Timeliness Current events
Proximity Oddity
Prominence Human interest
Controversy Usefulness
Impact Educational value

8. NEWS VALUES
 TIMELINESS:
 News is something new.
 So timeliness is a great factor in deciding news.
 However, timeliness varies from publication to publication
 For a 24-hour television news channel, every second is a deadline.
 They can break the news anytime
 So their timeliness is different from that of a newspaper.

9. NEWS VALUES
PROXIMITY:
 So proximity decides the news
 It can make the readers to react
 A plane crash in Peru will not be big news in India
 IAF chopper crashes in Arunachal; 5 killed-News

10. NEWS VALUES…
PROMINENCE
 If a prominent person is involved in any event, it becomes
news.
 An ordinary person’s car breaks down - makes no news.
 But, if the PM car breaks down and his convoy has to stop for
five minutes-it becomes news

11. NEWS VALUES…
 CONTROVERSIES
 People like controversies.
 Anything that is connected with
conflicts, arguments,
charges and counter-charges,
fights and tension
 That becomes news.
 All of you might have heard of Cargill.
 It was a conflict between India and Pakistan.
 It became great news all over the world.


12. NEWS VALUES…
 IMPACT :
 Impact of an event decides its newsworthiness.
 When the tsunami waves struck several parts of the world,
thousands of people were affected.
 It became major news for the whole world.
 When dengue fever affects 100 people in Delhi, it makes
 news not only in Delhi but in other states also

13. NEWS VALUES …
 CURRENT EVENT:
 News is about current events.
 FOOTBALLFIFA U-17 World Cup: A watershed moment
for Indian football
 Likewise when SAARC leaders meet in Delhi to formulate
future action
 plans, it becomes the current news.
 Similarly, if extreme cold weather continues for a week and fog
disrupts air, rail and road traffic, it becomes news.

14. NEWS VALUES…
 ODDITY:
 Unusual things makes news.
 Extraordinary and unexpected events generate public
interest.
 For Ex. A man pulls a car by his hair,
a woman gives birth to triplets,
a singer enters the Guinness Book by singing
 All such odd stories evoke much public interest.

15. NEWS VALUES…
 HUMAN INTEREST :
 Stories of human interest make good news items.
 For e.g.. The police rescue a school boy from kidnappers after
two weeks.
 The parents meet the boy in an emotionally
 The story of this meeting with a photograph makes a good
 human interest report

16. NEWS VALUES…
 USEFULNESS:
 Sometimes news items help the public in various ways
 Weather forecasters update fishermen
 Newspapers gives the phone numbers of police stations,
hospitals, ambulance services etc. to help people
 Newspapers also raise funds from the public to help
victims of disasters and natural calamities, like tsunami
and earthquake.

17. NEWS VALUES…
 EDUCATIONAL VALUE:
 News has also an educational value.
 In almost all newspapers, you can find columns about
educational and job opportunities.
 These guide you about different educational courses,
career options available, opportunities for higher studies
etc.
 These news items help you become more knowledgeable.


18. CREDIBILITY, OBJECTIVITY & FAIRNESS…
 Journalists not only collect information but verify them before
printing ( Cross checking)
 By objectivity, it means without any bias
the journalist should present the story in as objective a
way as possible.
 Fairness is another quality required for a journalist
 Every story has two sides & it should have balance

19. CREDIBILITY, OBJECTIVITY & FAIRNESS…
 Credibility
 It is most important virtue for any publication or channel
or radio service.
 A reader trusts a newspaper mainly because of its
credibility
 If a newspaper continues to publish non-credible, unfair
and non-objective stories,
 Readers will start rejecting that paper

20. FUNCTIONS OF NEWS…
Inform Keep a check
Educate Progress
Entertainment Forms an image
Learn Makes curiosity
Message Makes famous

21. THANK YOU