A lot of content is released on the web each day. If your content is newsworthy, it will stand a better chance to gain attention.
In fact, among the characteristics which journalism interns in India are taught, some of the aspects that make a story newsworthy are:
- High magnitude of impact of the news piece
- Recency of the story
- The surprise or shock element in the story
- The story’s relationship to the latest trends
- Humour
- Conflicts among opposing forces
- Emotional touch