The qualities that characterize news are timeliness, proximity, prominence, consequence, and human interest. Economics is also important.
There are three main types of news stories: hard, soft, and investigative.
The digital revolution has increased the number of available news sources, encouraged the growth of blogs, contributed to the rise of citizen journalism and hyperlocal news, and supplied new tools to reporters.
The Associated Press and United Press International are two wire services that provide stories to print and broadcast journalists.
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