If a traffic accident kills two people but it happens 1,000 away from where you are, you probably won't read about it in the local newspaper. If it happens within your city limits, however, it will be in the newspaper. What news value is at work here?
A) conflict
B) prominence
C) the bizarre or unusual
D) proximity

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Proximity is the news value at work here, as events that occur closer to the audience are more likely to be reported in local media.

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