1. Local News Values{By April Greenwood

2. They described the practices of journalists and editors as the use of news values. They highlighted a series of contributing factors that defined what news values were.Galtung and Ruge (1965) 3. This refers to the time frame of the news story. If it happened that day it is news but if it slowly occurs over a month or longer then it will not make the news. Short term events such as murders are preferred over long term event such as famineFrequency 4. For local news this describes the importance of the event to the local community rather then the nation. The size of the event describes its importance.Threshold 5. This means the the easier it is for everyone to understand (clear heroes and villians, winners and losers etc.) the better. These are preferable then to the long winded, complicated stories.Simplicity 6. stories with legs Events that will be likely to have a continuous impact on the listeners and which will maintain a level of intrest over an amount of time, such as: a 2 week sport event, or perhaps a war.Continuity 7. News event containing celebrities will always mostly be shown especially when celebrities visit the local community.Elitism/Celebrity 8. Bread and butter stories. Create empathy in relation to local people. Generally soft news stories or features. They are about, or focus on, people or one person. They tell the story from that persons point of view and include: quotes, feeling and reactions. Interesting stories or heart-felt stories are key!Human Interest 9. Bad news will always attract listeners attention and is always more newsworthy. Most substance of the local community. How locals will be effected. Usually at the end of the news bulletin.Negativity 10. Many national news stories will be adapted to a local angle. For example Local soldier killed in action in IraqLocal Interest