This document discusses what constitutes news and how to find and create news stories. It notes that getting media coverage is more difficult now due to factors like gatekeepers, shrinking news space, and information overload. It identifies several news values that can make a story newsworthy such as timeliness, prominence, proximity, significance, conflict, and newness. The document provides tips for finding news internally from sources like company documents and newsletters, and externally from media, blogs, social media, and following what competitors are doing. It also gives examples of ways to create news through planned events, contests, demonstrations, stunts, and awards. The key is following news values and not losing credibility.