EPISODE · Apr 30, 2025 · 25 MIN
Why is some news more newsworthy?
from Chicago Booth Review Podcast
What makes news stories newsworthy? Can you measure newsworthiness? Are people right in thinking that the media tend to focus on bad news? Chicago Booth's Emir Kamenica argues that accounting for newsworthiness changes how we view the media's apparent focus on negative news. So how do you measure newsworthiness? And is the news not always as negative as it may first appear?
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Why is some news more newsworthy?
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