Thursday, February 21, 2013

Bloomberg Businessweek Exercise I


1.  Apocalypse 24/7
2. Pope Benedict XVI's Noble Departure
3.A Portrait of A Chinese Hacker
4.Regulating the Internet
5. Suze Orman, Watch Your Back
6.The Trouble with Drones
 7. Do You Really Want to Talk to Your Kitchen?
8. Oh Craps U.S Homeowners Are Repeating Their Mistakes
9. NASCAR Brings Back "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday"
10.  Improving the Dealership Experience

Q: How do you determine what is most newsworthy? Reason for ranking.

A: Many things factor in to making a story newsworthy. One important factor of a newsworthy story is timing. People will have less interest in a story from 3 months ago rather than one that happened 3 days ago. The significance of a story is also very important. For example the story titled Apocalypse 24/7 reaches a wider crowd than the story of the Pope resigning which may not be as interesting to people who are not Catholic or do not have an interest in religion. People also fall under significance when referring to which story in a paper or magazine comes first. An example is the story of the Pope and Suze Orman. The Pope is of higher prominence than Suze Orman so the story of him resigning should come before the story about Suze Orman. 

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