 The stories occurring today or yesterday, not several weeks ago must be reported at the speed of lighting before others report them. When reporting a story that occurred even hours earlier, aim to look for fresh angles and new details around which to build the story.  For example, if there is a violent encounter between two political parties, its news worthy if it is recorded and communicated to HZT as an alert today than trying to report it three weeks later. ii) Impact  If something affects readers physically or emotionally, it just might be news. Reporters stress important information that has an impact on their audience: stories that affect, involve or interest thousands of readers or viewers. E.g. If a Governor of the province threatens to deny food to people on the basis of political affiliation. This affects many people at a large scale both emotionally and physically. iii) Prominence  If something happens to a recognizable person, it just might be news.  If a vegetable vendor catches a cold, no one cares, except that person’s friends and family. If a known human rights or political activist commits acts of arson, destroying property of people from the other political divide, then that’s news which must be captured and relayed to HZT.  However, proximity can be psychological: stories in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1998 feel “close to home” because Zimbabwe had troops there, so an explosion there was as good as “local,” while an explosion in, say, Iraq had no significance in the country. By the same token, political violence in Buhera (Manicaland), 8