What is News?

Upon discussing it in class, it seems the answers to "what is news" and "what is newsworthy" are subjective. The common thread of what defines something as news is some type of deviation in daily regularity, whether on a local or world level. Anything which cannot be assumed or foreseen that has an effect or is of some concern to a group of people can be considered news. It may be the public's contentment and the scientist's dismay of a fifty-five degrees day  during a New Hampshire Winter, or the rescue of an orphaned fawn trapped in the fracture of a frozen pond, or the retirement of  an Oyster River beloved geometry teacher. While these may be stories of a more provincial beat, they are still news. A story does not have to  impact a great audience in order for it to be  considered newsworthy. Conventional news outlets are a dying breed. Even journalists are making the analog to digital shift, utilizing social media networks like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to keep updated on current events, rather than seeking out newspapers or cable news networks.