A 'know' for news

1. How did Australian news outlets give proximity to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami?
By focusing on Australian victims and their stories. They also explored the possibility of it occuring to Australia, investigating the liklihood of a local tsunami through Australia's renowned coastal lifestyle and the continent's low coastline. Eventually Australia's relief effort and unexpected amount of financial support became topical, exploring where 'our' money was going.

2. If you were a reporter covering a story about a mentally ill Australian woman who was found by Queensland police in Cairns talking what they thought was German, who was subsequently arrested and found herself locked up in an immigration detention centre in South Australia for 10 months, what main news value would you focus on when writing the story? In order of importance, what would be the next two subsidiary news values?
1. Conflict (Community debate over the quality of the immigration system and mental healthcare, which party is mostly at fault and what needs to change)
2. Proximity (How easy is this massive mixup to happen? Could it happen to you or someone you know?)
3. Impact (How will things change now? Will there be new laws for imprisoning immigrants? Will there be a crackdown on mental healthcare now?)

3. As a reporter, which information would you feature more prominently:
a/ a mayoral announcement about an urban renewal plan to resolve inner-city crime problems; or
b/ a comment by Prince Charles, in Australia on a visit, who says after the mayor's speech that such problems can often be attributed to building regulations formulated by city councils?
I would feature b/ more prominently as a story about b/ would adequately include the story of a/ as well.

4. Define 'news' in 20 words or less.
Information or occasionally opinion that is yet to be disclosed or updated for the public.

5. Should Kipling's Six Strong Serving Men be assigned equal value when writing a news article?
No. The one with greatest value may vary from article to article but all 6 would very rarely be equally prioritised.