News Values

Timeliness
U.S.: Who's funding cleric popular with Islamic State?

 This is timeliness because ISIS is a real threat to people across the world right now.  A growing fear of ISIS is at an escalating point and the timeliness of this article interests the people. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/23/us-funding-cleric-isis/25208189/

Proximity

Why being first could help Ted Cruz's presidential hopes

This is proximity because Ted Cruz was the governor of Texas for a long time. This draws Texan (us) readers and interests people because they can relate to him and know he was part of Texas, in turn sparking the want to read. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/03/23/ted-cruz-presidential-announcement-first/25212253/

Prominence

David Crosby hits jogger at high speed

This is prominence because David Crosby is a figure in the US and he hit a jogger with his car.  This is newsworthiness because every mistake a celebrity makes, the press find out, especially when its an individual. This makes it newsworthy. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/03/23/david-crosby-hits-jogger-at-high-speed/70350932/

Impact

Troops notified their names are on Islamic State kill list

This is impact because now ISIS has stated it is going to try and kill these military men ad women.  The impact is new fear, and the troops being notified that they might be in danger.  Thesis caused officials to warm military families not to post stuff about their military lives on social media. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/23/pentagon-response-islamic-state-kill-list/70335810/

Conflict

Top Obama aide: We can't ignore Netanyahu comments

This is conflict because there is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which relates to us as you can tell in the article. Apparently there have been comments that Obama says we just can't ignore. Igniting more conflict.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/23/denis-mcdonough-j-street-netanyahu-two-state/70330378/

Human Interest

Freedom includes ability not to vote: #tellusatoday

This is human interest because the right to vote is talked and debated about around the world and is fiercely argued to be right. This topic in the article has a lot of people involved and is creating drama and interest to see both sides. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/23/mandatory-voting-democracy-tellusatoday-your-say/70351102/

Novelty

A rare sight: Parts of Europe see total solar eclipse on Friday

This is novelty because it is unusaul as a total solar eclipse is rare doesn't happen that much. People were attracted to this in Europe the other day because its rare and this event sparked curiosity. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/20/solar-eclipse-europe/25068207/