Impact
The importance of a news story - whether a story will impact the greatest number of people, The more recent a story is it is more newsworthy
Prominence
This includes well-know individuals or institutions that are newsworthy. Knowledge of these people may come from the power of the person or what the institution possess. For example, the president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Or from a celebrity. An example of this would be the late Princess Diana or fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Proximity
Close by events, all other things being equal, are more important than distant ones - News which is relevant to the target audience because an event has occurred in their region
The Bizarre
Unusual or unexpected news which gains more attention. Often thing that happens less often are funny to read. For example, McDonald's opening a branch inside a church.
Conflict
Opposition of people or forces resulting in a dramatic effect. It can be over institutions and individuals. Stories with conflict are often quite newsworthy.
Currency
Stories that have been in the public eye for some time already are deemed valuable. For example, a story about an abduction and murder of a child may run for weeks and weeks, even if nothing new happens.
Human Interest
Those stories that have more of an entertainment factor versus any of the above - not that some of the other news values cannot have an entertainment value.
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From this research I've learnt that to make my stories newsworthy I have to consider these factors or at least 1 or 2 of them to make it interesting to my target audience.
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