Open Journalism: Principles and Practices/Newsworthy/American Journalism

Below are distinctions about what "newsworthy" is. The first versions come from Journalism: History, Principles, Practices as "generally agreed-upon values that help determine what gets published or broadcast," in other words, for what is newsworthy. This page is to both show the distinctions that Norma Green brings forth in her article, as well as to build new distinctions which are more oriented to bringing value in a networked, participatory world.

Current Interpretation
Timeliness was the publishing of news with respect to three components: recency (recent disclosure), immediacy (little delay before publication), and currency (relevance to current concerns).

A Rearticulation
For a discussion on this, please see the [|Discussion Page]