| A | B |
| Proximity | news that is located near our school or city |
| Prominence | news that includes people others want to know about |
| Timeliness | news that is recent-old news is just that |
| Oddity | news that is unusual |
| Consequence | news that impacts our readers directly |
| Conflict | unrest with people that creates news |
| Human Interest | news that is related to people and emotion |
| Newsworthy | news that affects our student body or the Austin/Round Rock area |