One thing that definitely caught my eye in the news this week was regarding President Obama's intent to provide aid money to family planning agencies in Africa, particularly Kenya. I honestly think that this is a great idea and deserves to be discussed because there are so many issues that we can help out with in Africa with just a little bit of money. This would help with world hunger, overpopulation, AIDS and other STI's/STD's, as well as other problems. I remember reading an article in my Winter class about the huge amounts of gang-rapes and sexual crimes that are being committed in Africa, and this would be such an amazing way to help. It is crucial to show that we do not agree with what is occurring and we are trying to do our part to stop it. The only issue I see with this initiative is since our country is in such a depression and economic crisis, where will we be able to get this money for aid?
When it comes to which news value this story would be considered under, I would definitely say it would be impact. Putting this plan into effect would impact not only the people in Africa who need to have abortions, but also American citizens. We would probably have to pay more tax money and this would be coming out of our pocket, I'm sure. I found this article online through the San Jose Mercury news and the links is: http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_11599029?nclick_check=1
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I agree that "impact" is a news value in this story, but it's not the only one.
ReplyDeleteOther news values: controversy, prominence (after all, it involves the president) and timeliness. Name as many as you can.
See Inside Reporting, p. 17, "What Makes a Story Interesting to Readers?" for a complete list of news values.
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