Is It Newsworthy

N.B Church sex assault report due.

Timing: 3/4
The story is relatively new as it was posted today, but the story began sometime before it was posted.


Significance: 2.5/4
The problems that are discussed in this article are quite a problem and it had had happened to more then  one person and many, families had been destroyed due to these acts.

Proximity: 4/4
This story is actually about a crime that has been committed in Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Prominence: 3/4
This older man was a bishop for a Roman-Catholic church, he is convicted of 22 counts of  sex related offences. Many of people would know this elderly man because he was working at a church.

Human Interest: 3/4
This story so far has intrigued people from the comments that have left behind, all of the people that left comment all had bad things to say because of the disgust that this story has brought on.

Total: 15.5/20

N.B. must take illegal cigarettes seriously: RCMP

Timing: 4/4
This story was posted on the 30th of October but it still is a big thing with the problems that are beginning to arise.

Significance: 4/4
In this day and age many people smoke and the ages of those smokers when they began are becoming starting at a younger age and many of the tobacco that is smoked in Canada is from the distribution and selling of illegal cigarettes. Also once the seller of the cigarettes get away with this act for so long that person may begin to sell other illegal objects or substances.

Proximity: 4/4
The selling of illegal cigarettes is happening in Canada so it is very close to home

Prominence: 2/4
The story is not about any person but it is on something all people know about smoking and the distribution of cigarettes.

Human Interest: 4/4
most of my point are the same for this one as the ones in the Prominence section.

Total: 18/20

Facebook used as a deterrent of shoplifting.

Timing: 4/4
The story was posted earlier today and what has been happening is fairly new.

Significance: 4/4
The story is on two this that is heard of a lot lately which is shoplifting and Facebook, the thing is though that there are some stores in Manitoba that are using Facebook to get shoplifters away from their stores.

Proximity: 3/4
This is happening in Canada but in N.B this is not being used even though it would be a great idea.

Prominence: 3/4
This article is written about people using one of the most famous and well used sites on the Internet, Facebook.

Human Interest: 4/4
People everywhere are telling how this would be useful in many ways just by looking at the comments.