The most important story in The Birmingham News for today, June 19, 2008, is The story about the tanker deal. It is placed high on the page above the fold, and the headline is written very large and in all caps. Another important story is about the new robotic sculpture at the McWane Center. The picture for that story is very large, and like the tanker story, it is positioned high on the page.
These stories are important because they are stories that deal with issues in Alabama.
The news values that were most influential in the selection of the stories relate to making the news interesting and relevant, reporting the truth, and monitoring power.
You could put the story about Robert Huffman on the front page because the story is about a local man and might be of high interest to the Birmingham readers.
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