Is it Newsworthy?

News Story #1
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/families-await-results-of-autopsy-on-womans-body-found-near-highway-of-tears/article1754320/

Families await results of autopsy on woman’s body found near 'Highway of Tears'

Timing 2/4
The timing of the article should of been posted sooner because it happened a week ago and people should have been informed about this.

Significance 2.5/4
The significance of the article is since that all the woman that are missing all have families and they are affected.

Proximity 3/4
Since it happened in Canada it is more related to us as a nation.

Prominence 2/4
Since the article is not dealing with anyone famous it doesn't make it all that interesting.

Human Interest 3/4
The human interest is good because it can connect to people.

News Story #2
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/nepal-teen-turns-18-and-becomes-worlds-shortest-man/article1756437/

Nepal teen turns 18 and becomes world's shortest man

Timing 4/4
The timing of this article was really good because it was published the day it happened.

Significance 2/4
Since it only affects the people that are related to the boy and the people that are involved in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Proximity 1/4
Since this happened in in Nepal so its not close to us at all, which means that it doesn't have a major affect on us.

Prominence 2/4
He became famous after he received the awards and after the article was published.

Human Interest 2/4
There is not alot of human interest because maybe not alot of people have an interest in the Guinness Book of World Records.

News Story #3
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/17/nb-car-fatal.html

Cap-Pele man dies in car crash

Timing 4/4
The timing of this article is really good because it was published the day it happened.

Significance 2/4
Since it really only affects the family of the person killed, there is not alot of significance.

Proximity 3/4
Since it happened close to Moncton.

Prominence 1/4
He is not famous at all.

Human Interest 2/4
Since it only involves one person there isn't alot of human interest.

News Story #4
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/habs-slip-past-senators/article1760619/

Habs slip past Senators

Timing 4/4
The timing of this article is really good since the article was published the day of the game.

Significance 4/4
There is alot of significance because everybody who are Hab fans and the Hab team are affected by this win.

Proximity 3/4
Since this is happening in Canada and deals with a Canadian team, the article has a alot of proximity.

Prominence 4/4
Since it is dealing with a NHL team, the article has alot of prominence.

Human Interest 3/4
The only people that would be interested in this article are the people tha are fans of the Habs and anyone who follows NHL.