Who decides what is news?

Discuss the following questions

What stories have made the news recently?

Name three recent news stories.

Why do you think these stories have made the news?

Why have they been considered newsworthy?

Decisions on the selection and prioritising of news are made by media gatekeepers. An analysis by J. Galtung and M. Ruge revealed that there are particular factors applied across a range of news organisations that influence news selection. These are known as news values.

There are 12 news values. Can you link your news stories to any of the news values?