While I was searching the internet for a news article that violated one of the seven yardsticks or ten elements of journalism, I came across an article from BBC that was titled, "Seal spotted surfing humpback whale in Australia". This article violates the "Newsworthiness" yardstick of the seven basic yardsticks of journalism. In a nutshell, the article provides a few paragraphs and pictures all relating to animals standing/holding onto backs of other animals which do not have a direct and lasting informational impact on a wide audience. While the article was quite interesting, it was not informational. BBC was trying to make the interesting informational, while they should focus on making the informational interesting. My suggestion for BBC is to ask yourself before you publish an article to the public, "Is this newsworthy?".
Check out this article at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34276032
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