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Below is an excerpt from a commentary by Meredith D. Clark, PhD, titled "It’s time for a new set of news values. Here’s where we should start."

     "As Mizell Stewart, my former editor at the Tallahassee Democrat, now vice president of news operations for the USA Today Network (and new faculty at Poynter, to boot), said during the [American Press Institute’s] summit: Our values as a society have evolved, why shouldn’t our news values?
     Surely, our basic news values endure. There is no substitute for truth, accuracy and the timely delivery of relevant news. But for companies that serve hyperlocal, niche, specialty and digitally based audiences, there are unspoken, and perhaps unquestioned values that should be discussed. Any outlet that seeks to evolve and remain viable should examine its values. [emphasis added]

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