<aside> ☝ What makes for a good news post?

Bare minimum: ✓ recent news hook ✓ useful to IHers

Include as many as possible: ✓ connection to other news events ✓ connection to broader trends ✓ educational analysis, insights ✓ what people are saying about it ✓ relevant IHer stories, examples ✓ strong opinions from you, others ✓ prominent people or companies ✓ spicyness, remarkability ✓ illuminating stats or images

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👈 Compare your post against this checklist.

`☑️` Try to hit at least 7 items from the list.

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 `❓` Questions? [Email Channing](<mailto:[email protected]>) from IH.

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Table stakes for news:

• including a great news hook 🗞
• making news useful 📚

Making news great:

• connecting to other news events 🗺
• connecting to broader trends 🌎
• educating via analysis and insights 💡
• including other perspectives 🗣
• featuring prominent people or companies ⭐️
• offering strong opinions 🤔
• making news remarkable 🌶
• adding color with stats and images 🎨
• linking to relevant IHer stories 📖