Is it News Worthy?

Indonesia volcano starts to erupt
4/4 Timing- I gave this story 4/4 because it is telling about a volcano going off right now.

2/4 Significance- i gave this story a 2/4 because it is not effecting many people and should leave none injured or dead.

2/4 Proximity- this recieved 2/4 because what happens in indonesia doesn't really mean much to many canadians .

1/4 Prominance- this doesn't have much prominence because it isn't happening to a celebrity .

3/4 Human Interest- I gave this a 3/4 for human interest because some people possibly losing their homes to the lava appeals to emotion.



Omar Khadr sentencing hearing begins

3/4 Timing- this story got a 3/4 for timing because its the atest update on Omar Khadr's hearing .

2/4 Significance- This story gets 2/4 because although this story would be effecting some people, it wouldn't be effecting to many people it wouldn't be effecting that many around here.

3/4 Proximity- the proximity would get 3/4 because its happening in the U.S.A so it isn't happening to far away fromt he reader.

2/4 Prominance- Since this has been going on since 2002 this story has quite a bit of prominance.

3/4 Human Interest- This story would be 3/4 in human interest because of the relief that this mans off street for his murders and war crimes.




Tigers could be extinct in 12 years: WWF

4/4 Timing- This story gets 4/4 for timing because if something isn't done soon the tigers will soon be extinct..

2/4 Significance- This story gets a 2/4 for significance because only people who care about animals would care all that much.

2/4 Proximity- This gets a 2/4 for proximity because since there is no wild tigers near Canada this story wouldn't be so appealing.

2/4 Prominance- This story gets a 2/4 because althoguht tigers are popular animals they aren't exactly celbritys.

4/4 Human Interest- This gets 4/4 for human interst because it appeals well to emotion in humans and makes you feel like you have to help save the tigers.

Hard News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/recession-over-not-in-toronto-area/article1768116/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-swiss-agree-on-changes-to-tax-air-travel-treaties/article1768367/
"Recession over? Not for Toronto area"and "Harper, Swiss agree on changes to tax, air-travel treaties" stories are a hard news story because it tells news thats going on right now and also it has a factual approach, it tells what happened who was involved where and when did it happen and why.

Soft News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/fried-chicken-its-the-comfort-food-du-jour/article1766857/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/does-having-sisters-make-a-man-less-sexy/article1767811/
"Fried chicken: It's the comfort food du jour" and "Does having sisters make a man less sexy?" these stories are soft nerws because it is "news you can use" since it informs you of food and also, how attractive you could be to the opposite sex. Also these sories are more entertaining to read than to read about politics or anything of the boring sort.