These slides can be used as an introduction to a unit on journalism and/or elements of news. Students will review the criteria of what makes a story newsworthy (timeliness, proximity, prominence, oddity, consequence, conflict, human interest). They should take notes and participate in discussion throughout the slides. The last slide contains a link to usatoday.com, which you can use to view current news stories and discuss what makes the stories newsworthy (what criteria of news elements they me