NEWS VALUES
There are various factors that qualify an event to be a news story. Let’s discuss these factors.
1. Timeliness/Freshness
Time factor plays an important role in the effectiveness of a news story. Nobody likes to read an outdated story, even if it is very important. News is just like a perishable commodity having a very short life.
We can accommodate a past time story in literature, drama, feature, etc.. but it does not work in news. Journalism’s famous slogan is that “Today news is today”^