1. News

2. Ramses the Great

3. Gilgamesh Ishtar

4. The Axis

5. The Allies

7. Osama bin Laden

8. Temple of Athena

9. Medieval Church

10. Medieval troubadour

11. Town crier

13. What is news? Reports of recent events? Reports of recent events? What is a report? What is a report? What does “recent” mean? What does “recent” mean? What is an event? What is an event? Looks really fuzzy, doesn’t it? Looks really fuzzy, doesn’t it?

14. Criteria for Newsworthiness Timeliness Timeliness Proximity Proximity Prominence Prominence Consequence Consequence Rarity Rarity Human interest Human interest

15. Characteristics of news to consider News is personalized News is personalized News is fragmented News is fragmented News is normalized News is normalized