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iRubric: Story Ideas rubric

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Story Ideas Good story ideas identify good news values. A perfect story would have all six news values covered in a reporting plan. Let's see how your story idea scores based on timeliness, proximity, conflict/tension, prominence, human interest, and impact (consequence). Rubric Code: V5W92A By mrthompson Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Assignment Grade Levels: (none)

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Timeliness	Poor Story is old news.	Fair Story may be a little old.	Good Story is new.
Proximity	Poor No thought given to local sources of information.	Fair Story doesn't identify local sources of information.	Good Story includes part of the story coming from LOCAL sources. If the story is a national or international story it has a tie to our school and community.
Conflict/Tension	Poor No conflict is obvious for story idea.	Fair Conflict in the story ideas is implied but not obvious.	Good Story includes tension or conflict that will make people want to read more.
Prominence	Poor No thought given to the credibility of the information needed for this story.	Fair Story does not identify sources of information from high profile or credible sources of information.	Good Story includes people who have a high profile, such as teachers, administrators, athletes, elected officials, etc. Prominence can also include something lots of people are talking about.
Human Interest	Poor No thought given to the people who can talk about this story idea.	Fair People who can tell the story are obvious but they may not be easy to find or interview.	Good People tell the story not the reporter. This means you have access to people who are involved in, or may be involved in, the topic you are writing about. You should be able to show impact rather than tell me something has an impact.
Impact	Poor No thought given to how this story impacts an individual or group of people.	Fair Impact is implied but not obvious.	Good Who cares about this story and why? How does it effect our readers.